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25 injured in road accident in J-K's Kishtwar

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Last Updated : Sep 17 2019 | 5:50 PM IST

At least 25 people were injured when a private bus skidded off a road in the hilly Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said.

The accident took place near Banderkote around 1.50 pm when the driver of the bus, which was on its way to Chingam village from Jammu, lost control while negotiating a curve, an official said.

He said the vehicle skidded off the road and rolled down several metres before coming to a halt on the roof of a mud-house on a hill slope.

Rescue parties evacuated 25 injured people and rushed them to a hospital, where their condition was stated to be "stable", the official said.

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First Published: Sep 17 2019 | 5:50 PM IST

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