6 killed, 45 hurt as bus falls into gorge in Maharashtra

The private bus had started from Nashik in north Maharashtra and was headed towards Palghar.

11 killed, several Injured after bus falls into gorge in J&K's Poonch

The bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Plera in Mandi tehsil of Poonch district.

The bus was on its way to Rishikesh from Tehri Garhwal's Pavki Devi village when the accident occurred.

It took almost a day to pull out the corpses because of the difficult terrain of the area which is surrounded by dense vegetation.

Pravin Randive's colleagues kept posting pictures on the WhatsApp group but suddenly fell silent after 9:30 am on Saturday.

The driver of the state-run transport corporation bus was trying to avoid a pit on the ghat road when the mishap occurred at Mandada.

The deceased were identified as Rajeev, driver of the bus, Mahinder Chauhan, Sunil Sharma, Tula Ram, Rohini, Motu, Satya and Sukh Ram.

The bus was travelling to Solan from Kinnaur when it rolled down a gorge near Shimla's Rampur.