SRINAGAR, India—At least 16 Hindu pilgrims were killed and 27 injured on Sunday after a bus they were traveling in skidded off a mountain road and fell into a gorge in Indian Kashmir, a senior police official said.
The bus was heading towards Srinagar, the state capital, when it veered off the mountainous road in the Kashmir Valley, Mohan Lal, senior superintendent of police, told Reuters.
Police and air force have launched a recuse operation and have so far airlifted 19 injured pilgrims, with some of them in critical condition, Lal said.
In a Tweet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences on the loss of lives.
A man who was injured after a bus he was travelling in skidded off a mountain road and fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, is rushed to a hospital for treatment in Jammu July 16, 2017. Reuters/Mukesh Gupta
