5 dead, 21 injured as bus falls into gorge in Uttarakhand

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Five people were killed and 18 others were injured after a bus fell into a 50-ft-deep gorge near Mohanri in Uttarakhand’s Almora district on Thursday.

The accident took place on Bhatrojkhan-Bhikiyasan route. As per reports, there were about 30 people in the bus at the time of the accident.

Briefing about the accident, a police official said, “A Garhwal Motor Owners Union (GMOU) bus plying between Ramnagar to Gairsan fell off the road into a 50-ft-deep gorge near Bhatrojkhan Mohanri.”

Senior officials had reached the spot and the injured had been admitted to hospital, the official added. ANI