Jammu, Feb 22: One person was killed and 16 others were injured when a bus returning from Mata Vaishno Devi shrine skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge.
The bus was on its way to Delhi and the accident took place near Manda.
It said that a rescue operation was launched soon after the driver lost control while negotiating a curve and the bus plunged into the gorge.
Seventeen persons were rescued and evacuated to the Government Medical College Hospital, where one of them was declared dead.
More reports awaited.
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