16 injured in J&K road accident

At least 16 bus passengers were injured in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district on Monday, police said.

The accident occurred when the bus, coming from Dharmari village to Challad village, went out of the driver's control and rolled down into a gorge near Pattian in Reasi.

"A rescue team of police and civilians immediately reached the spot and all the injured were shifted to hospital," said a police officer here.

--IANS

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