Bus Carrying Indian Soldiers Falls Into Remote Gorge; 7 Dead

Bus Carrying Indian Soldiers Falls Into Remote Gorge; 7 Dead
The Shyok River running through the Nubra Valley in Ladakh region, India, on May 7, 2015. Alex Ogle/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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SRINAGAR, India—A bus carrying soldiers fell into a gorge in India’s remote Ladakh region on Friday, killing at least seven and injuring 19 others, officials said.

The bus plunged off a mountainous road and rolled down the 25-meter (80-foot) -deep gorge in the frigid region’s Nubra Valley, police said.