Eighteen die in Indian bus crash

by Sanjay Jha | July 23, 2008 at 01:04 am

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In this ghastly incident 18 people died in the accident. Thousdands of people in India die of road accident. Accident are not limited to hilly areas but happens in big city like Delhi and Mumbai.

A bus has veered off a mountain road in Indian-administered Kashmir killing at least 18 people, police say.
The bus was travelling from the state's winter capital, Jammu, to Srinagar when it fell into a gorge at Sher Bibi, about 180km (111 miles) from Jammu
Twenty seven passengers injured in the crash have been taken to hospital.
Road accidents are common in India, killing hundreds of people every year. Most accident are blamed on reckless driving, old vehicles and bad roads.
The police said it appeared that the driver had lost control while negotiating a turn on the mountain road leading to Wednesday's accident.