13 soldiers injured in bus accident near Nowshera

Jammu, Feb 4 (UNI) At least 13 soldiers were injured when a bus in the army convoy today fell into a gorge near Nowshera in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.

The condition of two soldiers is said to be critical.

A civil bus hired by army for transport was on its way to Jammu from Mendhar (Poonch) when the driver failed to negotiate a turn at Siot, about 115 km from Jammu, sources said.

Forty-two army personnel were travelling in the bus.

The injured were immediately shifted to the nearby sub-district hospital at Sunderbani.

UNI