15 Killed in bus accident in Doda

Doda, Jan 4 (UNI) At least 15 people were killed and 39 injured when a passenger bus fell into Chenab river at Prem Nagar in this mountainous district of Jammu and Kashmir today sources said.

The ill-fated Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) bus was on its way from Kishtwar to Jammu when it met with an accident near Thatri, official sources said.

Ten people, including the driver of the bus, died on the spot.

The officers and jawans of nearby 26 Rashtriya Rifles immediately started rescue operation.

''Army doctors immediately provided first aid to the injured, who were then taken to the District Hospital Doda,'' eye witnesses told UNI.

The condition of eight injured was critical and the hospital administration was making arrangements to shift them to Government Medical College and Hospital, Jammu.

Identification of the victims was being done, sources added.

UNI