NEW DELHI — Two crowded
buses went out of control and fell off roads in separate accidents in
the Himalayan foothills in northern India, killing a total of 21 people,
police said Tuesday.
Both accidents happened Monday as the buses were
negotiating winding mountainous roads. India has the world's deadliest
roads, with more than 110,000 people killed annually and most accidents
blamed on reckless driving, poor road maintenance or aging vehicles.
One bus carrying 61 people veered off a road at a turn
and plunged into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh state, killing 13
tourists and injuring 43 others, some critically, Nahan town police
officer Sandeep Negi said. The bus had visited the lake resort town of
Renuka Ji.
Rescuers used a crane to lift the vehicle from the gorge. Authorities were investigating the cause of the accident.
About 900 miles (1,400 kilometers) to the east in the
rainy northeastern state of Meghalaya, an overloaded bus went out of
control as it was approaching a bridge and fell into a 10-meter
(35-foot) ravine. Eight people were killed and at least 35 others were
being treated at a hospital for serious injuries, according to South
Garo Hills Deputy Police Commissioner C.P. Cotmare.
Police detained the bus driver for questioning.
buses went out of control and fell off roads in separate accidents in
the Himalayan foothills in northern India, killing a total of 21 people,
police said Tuesday.
Both accidents happened Monday as the buses were
negotiating winding mountainous roads. India has the world's deadliest
roads, with more than 110,000 people killed annually and most accidents
blamed on reckless driving, poor road maintenance or aging vehicles.
One bus carrying 61 people veered off a road at a turn
and plunged into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh state, killing 13
tourists and injuring 43 others, some critically, Nahan town police
officer Sandeep Negi said. The bus had visited the lake resort town of
Renuka Ji.
Rescuers used a crane to lift the vehicle from the gorge. Authorities were investigating the cause of the accident.
About 900 miles (1,400 kilometers) to the east in the
rainy northeastern state of Meghalaya, an overloaded bus went out of
control as it was approaching a bridge and fell into a 10-meter
(35-foot) ravine. Eight people were killed and at least 35 others were
being treated at a hospital for serious injuries, according to South
Garo Hills Deputy Police Commissioner C.P. Cotmare.
Police detained the bus driver for questioning.
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