JAMMU, Sep 14 (Agencies): At least 12 people have died while several others have been injured after a minibus they were travelling in fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Wednesday.
Eleven deaths have been confirmed so far in the accident that took place in Sawjian-a village of Poonch district.
Mandi Tehsildar Shehzad Latif said Army’s rescue operation is underway and many injured have been shifted to a hospital in Mandi.
Early visuals from the accident spot that surfaced on social media showed locals gathered in large numbers around the bus involved in the incident lying damaged after falling into the gorge.
Locals and administration are carrying out a rescue operation to pull out the survivors.
12 dead, several injured after bus plunges into gorge in Poonch
