Dehradun, January 06: At least twenty two people were killed and nineteen injured when a bus carrying businessmen and their families fell into a gorge in Kuthalgate area near Dehradun last night.
The mishap occurred when the bus, going to Haridwar from Mussoorie, skidded off the road and fell into 50-feet-deep gorge. Most of the victims died on the spot.
The injured have been admitted to Doon Government Hospital.
Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has announced a compensation of one lakh rupees each of the next of the kin of the deceased.
-Agencies