Death toll rises to 26 after Indian bus falls into gorge
MUMBAI (Reuters) -At the very least 18 individuals have been confirmed to have died after a bus with 29 passengers on board fell right into a gorge within the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Sunday, state police officers instructed Reuters.
18 individuals have died, 4 are injured and eight are nonetheless lacking, Arpan Yaduvanshi, Superintendent of Police in Uttarkashi stated.
One other police official on the state headquarters instructed Reuters by telephone that the accident came about close to Damta in Uttarkashi district.
“The bus was en path to Yamunotri with 29 passengers on board from Panna district in Madhya Pradesh,” the official stated.
Dwelling Minister Amit Shah stated he had spoken to the state chief minister concerning the incident and stated rescue operations have been ongoing with injured being taken to the closest hospital.
“The Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive can be reaching the spot quickly,” he stated in a tweet in Hindi.
(Reporting by Saurabh Sharma in Luchnow; Writing by Swati Bhat; Modifying by Tomasz Janowski)
