10 Dead as bus carrying pilgrims to Vaishno Devi crashes into Jammu Gorge

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• May 30, 2023 | Kabir Chakraborty

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.

color:#2E2E2E">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.

color:#2E2E2E">"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.

color:#2E2E2E">He stated that the bus was overcrowded and that it will be
investigated until the cause of the disaster is determined.

color:#2E2E2E">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.

color:#2E2E2E">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.