At least 45 persons were killed, and five others injured when a private bus in which they were travelling fell into a 200 metre deep gorge near the famous tourist spot of Kufri on Tuesday. The incident occurred at about 11 am when the bus was on its way to Shimla from Koti Ghat in Rampur sub-division on NH 22. The bus was completely smashed as a result of fall from such a great height. The local police, army and people from surrounding villages rushed to the site only to extricate bodies of the dead victims that lay entangled in the copletely dismantled remains of the bus. Broken
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal was present at the site of accident alongwith other senior police officials. He expressed his condolences over the incident.
While official enquiry has been launched over the incident by the state CM the eye witnesses hospitalized at the local IGMC wrested the blame upon driver’s negligent driving.