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44 dead in bus crash in northern India: police

Published: 01 Jul 2018 - 09:51 am | Last Updated: 03 Nov 2021 - 12:49 pm
This handout photo taken and released on July 1, 2018 by the State Disater Response Found (SDRF), shows a wrecked bus and passengers belongings scattered after the bus fell into a gorge in the hilly Pauri Garhwal district in the northen state of Uttarakha

This handout photo taken and released on July 1, 2018 by the State Disater Response Found (SDRF), shows a wrecked bus and passengers belongings scattered after the bus fell into a gorge in the hilly Pauri Garhwal district in the northen state of Uttarakha

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Dehradun, India,  At least 44 people were killed in northern India Sunday when a passenger bus crashed into a gorge in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, police said.

"44 people have died in the accident. At least 3 others are injured. The rescue work is still ongoing," Deepesh Chandra Kala, a disaster management officer from Pauri Garhwal district where the accident occurred, told AFP.