3 killed as bus falls into gorge in J-K

Three persons were killed and 17 others injured, when the bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The bus on its way from Poonch to Jammu, skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge at Damkan area in the Surakote belt, they said.

The injured have been admitted to hospital in serious condition, police added.