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13 dead in road accident in J&K''s Poonch

SRINAGAR: At least 13 people were on Saturday killed and 16 others injured after a bus they were travelling in fell into a gorge in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Tribune News Service 
Srinagar, December 8 
 
At least 13 people were killed and 16 others injured on Saturday when a passenger bus skidded off a road and plunged into a deep gorge in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.        

The accident occurred at Plera when the driver of the bus, coming from Loran to Poonch, lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a curve and rolled down into a 100-meter gorge, a police official said.

Quoting preliminary information, he said 13 persons were killed on the spot while 16 others were injured in the accident.         

The death toll is expected to go up as the condition of most of the injured was stated to be “critical”, the official said.

A rescue operation is on and further details are awaited, he said.

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