At least 10 people died while over 12 were left injured after a bus rolled down in a deep gorge in the Tanda Morh on the Jammu Poonch Highway in the Akhnoor area. Soon after the incident, a rescue operation was launched, said an official.
Read More: Banking sector: IDBI Bank privatisation, IBC reforms may top next government’s agenda
The bus was plying with passengers from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, the injured have been shifted to the Akhnoor hospital.
“A bus carrying passengers from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh has met with an accident near Tanda, Akhnoor in Jammu,” Deputy Commissioner Jammu said.
This comes hours after the engine of the Sampark Kranti Express derailed at Jammu railway station on Thursday, officials said. No one got injured in the incident.
As the train arrived at the railway station from New Delhi today, one wheel of the engine went off the track, causing the train to come to a halt, the officials said.