22 Killed in Bus Accident in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir

22 Killed in Bus Accident in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
Soldiers arrive to conduct rescue operation to clear the track at the site of a train collision in the Ghotki district, southern Pakistan, on June 8, 2021. Fareed Khan/AP Photo
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MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan—At least 22 passengers were killed on Tuesday in Pakistan’s part of Kashmir after a bus they were on skidded off a mountain road and fell into a deep ravine, police said.

The accident happened in Pulandri, a district in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, senior police official Fayyaz Abbasi said. He said several passengers were also injured in the crash and rescuers transported the dead and injured to a nearby hospital.