Shimla: In a tragic incident as many as 30 persons were killed and several others injured when a private bus proceeding towards Solan from Reckong Peo in Kinnaur district skidded off the road and rolled down into a 300 meter gorge at Khaneri near Rampur in Shimla district on Thursday morning.
According to sources, around 40 people were on board the private bus when the accident took place and it’s feared that the death toll could rise further. Bus driver and conductor were among the injured.
Sources said that bus departed from Reckong Peo early in the morning and when it reached near Khaneri hospital, the driver lost control and the vehicle rolled down into the gorge around 9 am.
Rescue teams comprising officials from police and district administration reached the spot and started the rescue operations.
Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh directed the authorities to undertake necessary relief measures.
Earlier also a bus has swerved off a mountain road and plunged into a deep ravine in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla district, killing at least 44 people out of 56 passengers on board plunged into a river around 115 kilometres from Shimla.
