13 People killed in Indian Kashmir as bus falls down gorge

26 Passenger carrying bus falls 70 metres down a gorge in southern Indian-administered Kashmir, 13 people were killed, according to police reported.

Police said to AFP, “13 died in the accident and the rest were injured,” including three critically injured travelers were evacuated by air to a hospital in the city of Jammu.

Careless driving and bad, narrow and winding roads in the mountainous region cause visit mishaps with traveler vehicles frequently slipping into profound canyons.

In India, an average of 150,000 people die in road accidents each year