India bus plunge kills 52
- Published: 11 Aug 2012 at 20.48
- Online news: Asia
At least 52 people were killed and 45 injured when a heavily overloaded bus plunged into a gorge on Saturday in northern India, in one of the worst road accidents in the country in recent years.
Rescuers reach the scene after a bus fell into a sparsely populated, hilly area of Himachal Pradesh.
"Fifty-two people have been killed and 45 injured in the accident," Sunil Chaudhary, district deputy commissioner, told AFP, adding the death toll could rise because at least a dozen of the injured were in a critical condition.
This article is older than 60 days, which we reserve for our premium members only.You can subscribe to our premium member subscription, here.
