At least 44 people are feared dead after a private bus
fell into the Tons river in India’s northwestern Himachal Pradesh state on
Wednesday, said a government official.
Rohan Chand Thakur, deputy commissioner of the Shimla
district where the incident occurred, said that the rescue
operation was ongoing and that casualties could increase.
“Our officials, workers and medical teams have rushed
to the spot for the rescue work. It’s not possible now to say the details,”
Thakur said. The cause of the accident is not yet known.
The ill-fated bus
skidded off the road fell nearly 250 meters downhill. Among the casualties, 10
are women and three children, according to the report.
The private bus was
on its way to Tyuni in the nearby Uttarakhand state.
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