At Least 10 Dead, 55 Injured as Bus of Hindu Pilgrims Falls Into Gorge in Indian-Controlled Kashmir

Rescuers prepare to use a crane after a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to a shrine skid off a highway bridge into a Himalayan gorge near Jammu, India, on May 30, 2023. Channi Anand/AP Photo

SRINAGAR, India—A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to a shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir skidded off a highway bridge into a Himalayan gorge Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55, police said.

The bus was on the way to Katra town from the northern state of Punjab’s Amritsar city when it fell into the gorge near Jammu city, police said.