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| 18 July 2004 | Sunday | 29 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 |
22 dead as bus plunges into gorge
SRINAGAR, July 17: Twenty-two people were killed on Saturday and over three dozen injured when a packed passenger bus skidded off a road and plunged into a gorge in Kashmir, police said.
The accident occurred in Kangan, 40 kilometres northwest of Srinagar, a police spokesman said.
Police and doctors said 22 people were dead as a result of the accident.
A number died at the scene while others died in hospital.
"Some passengers had no chance because of serious head injuries," said a doctor.-AFP
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