Bus plunges into river in Kashmir, 21 killed

Srinagar, June 08: A bus veered off a mountain road in Kashmir and fell into a river, killing at least 21 people, police said on Monday.

The driver lost control of the vehicle on Sunday while negotiating a bend and the bus rolled into the Chenab river about 170 km away from Jammu, police and witnesses said.

“Nobody has been traced from the river till this morning,” a police spokesman said.

In another accident on Sunday, three people were killed when a minibus plunged into a river in Doda district.

—Agencies