10 killed in bus accident in PoK

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Press Trust of India Islamabad
Last Updated : Dec 02 2013 | 3:32 PM IST
At least ten people were killed and four others injured today when a passenger bus fell into a 150 metre deep ravine in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, close to the Indian border.
The bus was on its way to Forward Kahuta from the garrison city of Rawalpindi. The bus plunged into the ravine at Sirian due to the slippery road.
The injured have been shifted to the Forward, Kahota army hospital, local authorities said.
Police and rescue teams, with the help of local people, kicked off rescue operations and retrieved the dead and injured.
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First Published: Dec 02 2013 | 3:32 PM IST

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