Ten army jawans among 13 people killed in bus accident

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 22:39 [IST]

Jammu, Feb 26 (uni) Ten Army jawans were among 13 people killed today in an accident near Mahore in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior police official said.

A 44-seater hired army bus was on its way to Mahore from Reasi when it turned turtle at Gangote, 12 kms from the destination, and slipped into a 300-meter deep gorge, SSP Reasi police district J L Sharma told UNI.

Six people, including the driver, were seriously injured in the accident, he added.

UNI

Topics: ACCIDENT-JAMMU-JAWANS

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