Twenty-seven die as bus falls into gorge in Kashmir

Wikinews
February 6, 2005

Twenty seven people are dead and 35 injured after the bus in which they were travelling left the road and fell into a gorge in Kashmir, India.

The bus fell into a deep gorge near Barmeen, 90 km from the winter capital of Kashmir, Jammu. Twenty seven people died at the scene and another 35 have been transferred to a nearby general hospital.

Police are investigating the cause of the accident.