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According to officials, the majority of the passengers were from Bihar and were visiting the temple for a ceremony.


Digital Desk: Ten people died this morning when an overcrowded bus bringing pilgrims to the Vaishno Devi temple went off a bridge and crashed into a canyon in Jammu and Kashmir, according to authorities. As many as 55 people were hurt and sent to the hospital. Some of them have been reported to be badly injured.


The bus was travelling from Amritsar when the accident occurred on the Jammu-Srinagar national route, at Jhajjar Kotli in Reasi district, near Katra. Katra is the starting point for Vaishno Devi pilgrims.

According to officials, the majority of the passengers were from Bihar and were visiting the temple for a ceremony.

"Ten people were killed, and 55 were injured." The injured have been sent to a hospital. Locals, in addition to police and central forces, assisted in the rescue operation," said Chandan Kohli, Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu.

He stated that the bus was overcrowded and that it will be investigated until the cause of the disaster is determined.

According to Dilbag Singh, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police, "overspeeding could be the cause of the accident," and an investigation has been initiated.

The injured are being treated at Jammu's Government Medical College.

President Droupadi Murmu expressed his condolences for the deceased and wished the injured a swift recovery.

 

"It is extremely unfortunate that many pilgrims were killed in a bus accident in Jammu." My heartfelt condolences go out to the families who have lost loved ones. "I wish the injured people a speedy recovery," she wrote in Hindi on Twitter.










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