16 dead, 26 injured as bus plunges in gorge

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Sixteen Amarnath pilgrims were killed and 26 seriously injured when the bus in which they were travelling plunged into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Banihal district yesterday, authorities said.

"Sixteen pilgrims were killed on the spot while 26 others have been injured," a police officer said.

"The injured have been airlifted to the Government Medical College Super Speciality Hospital in Jammu," the officer said.

Army, police and paramilitary forces launched a rescue operation which was joined by locals, who helped to take out the injured pilgrims from the wreckage site.

Modi said: "Extremely pained by the loss of lives of the Amarnath pilgrims... My thoughts are with the families of the deceased. I pray that those injured recover soon."Rajnath Singh said he spoke to Mehbooba Mufti regarding the accident.

"My heart goes out to the families of the Amarnath pilgrims who lost their loved ones in the bus accident. My prayers are with the injured," he added.

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