01 June,2023 01:52 PM IST | Shimla | mid-day online correspondent
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On Thursday, at least 40 passengers got injured after a bus fell down into a gorge in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, police said.
According to the state emergency operation center, ambulances have been dispatched to the spot to carry out evacuation and rescue operations.
The incident occurred near Kharodi under Karsog sub-division of Mandi district this morning, Soumya Sambshivam, Superintendant of Police Mandi told ANI.
The accident left several passengers including driver and conductor of the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus injured, police said.
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The bus as it rolled into the gorge somehow got stuck between two trees, which prevented it from plunging deeper, according to eyewitnesses.
Local administration rushed ambulances to the spot and carried out emergency rescue operations with the help of locals. The injured have been them to the Civil hospital.
The condition of the driver, conductor and other passengers who sustained injuries are now said to be stable.
Other passengers are also said to be safe.
The exact cause of the accident is unclear yet, and police are investigating the incident.
Meanwhile, two people, including a child, were killed and four others seriously injured after a bus veered off the road near Chandi Chowki Haridwar on Wednesday morning, police said. The Uttarakhand Roadways bus was on its way from Rupahiya to Haridwar. There were a total of 41 people on the bus, they added.
On Tuesday night a man was killed while two others were severely injured after a car they were travelling in fell into a gorge near Shog Nallah, Chaloli Tehsil Pangi in Chamba in the State.
Four people died after a car fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district on Tuesday morning, police said.
In April, Five people were injured including a driver and conductor of a bus after it rolled down on the road in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu.
(With inputs from ANI)
