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7 killed, 11 injured in Himachal bus plunge into gorge
Seven people, including the driver and conductor, were killed and 11 injured when a private bus fell 100 feet off the road near Chalunj Mor in Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, around 7:15…
The Story in Brief
Seven people, including the driver and conductor, were killed and 11 injured when a private bus fell 100 feet off the road near Chalunj Mor in Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, around 7:15 am on Saturday. The bus, with 20-25 passengers on board, was travelling from Bairagarh to Chamba when it skidded off the Tissa-Bairagarh road and landed on a road below. Eyewitnesses told police the driver lost control while negotiating a turn, Times Now reports.
Rescue teams from the NDRF, police, home guards and fire services reached the site. All injured were taken to hospital; six critically hurt were referred to Pt Jawaharlal Nehru Government Medical College and Hospital in Chamba. The cause of the accident is still being investigated, officials said.
The Indian Opinion
The familiar blame game has begun. Private operators and 'untrained drivers' are being singled out, as they often are after every hill-state bus crash. Yet the Chaluj Mor turn has a history of accidents. Giving a license to a private operator is easy; installing guardrails on a 100-foot drop is not. The question is not whether the driver lost control, but why the road has no crash barrier at that curve. Will the district administration finally put one up?
Sources (5): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, news.abplive.com, indiatvnews.com, indiatoday.in, timesnownews.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 5 sources.
