NEW DELHI, (APP/AFP) – Two deadly road accidents in
India’s northern Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh killed at least
30 people and injured 24 others, police said Saturday.
An overcrowded jeep fell into a gorge 1,000 feet (304 metres)
deep early Saturday, killing 13 people in Kinnaur district, police
said, about 200 kilometres (124 miles) east of state capital Shimla.
“Thirteen people have died and one is injured. 10 of them
were from one village,” Surinder Mohan, a local police officer,
told AFP of the accident.
It followed a separate tragedy late Friday when a passenger
minibus bus swerved off a hilly road into a gorge, killing 17 and
injuring 23 in the state’s Chamba district.
“Seven people died on the spot and the rest died on their
way to and in the hospital. Many are critically injured,” Ajay
Parashar, police officer said.
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