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35 people killed as overcrowded bus falls into gorge in Himachal
Tanima Jagirdar
11 September, 2012
The death toll might rise as more and more bodies are being taken out of the gorge. Although the reason is yet to be ascertained yet the survivors say that the bus was overcrowded, which caused the accident.

ATLEAST 35 people were killed and several injured when a Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus rolled down a 500 foot deep gorge at Ashapuri in Kangra district. Injured are being treated at sub divisional hospital.

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According to the locals the rescue operations began at least three hours after the incident, which led to more number of deaths. Vikram Katoch told NNIS: “35 died and till now we have recovered 25. We have taken out two women, one of them was alive along with a kid and the conductor of the bus is also alive.”

The survivors said that the 42-seater bus that was taking passengers from Palampur to Ashapuri (a village known for a hilltop shrine) was over-crowded. SH Bharti, DC said, “Both police and Army have been activated and the injured have been taken out and shifted to the Palampur civil hospitals. There are more than 20 casualties but until we recover all the bodies we cannot say the exact numbers. Several bodies have not been recovered so far and the cause of the accident is yet to be known.

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