25 killed, 17 injured in Jammu bus accident

At least 25 people were killed and 17 injured in a bus accident in the mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir today, police said.

The accident took place when the bus skidded off the road and fell into Neeru nullah, a tributary of Chenab river, at Pul Doda in Doda district.

The bus was on its way to the district headquarter town of Doda from Bhaderwah.u00a0
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A major operation has been launched by the army and police in Nalti area where the bus fell into river Chenab, police said.