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44 dead as bus falls into gorge in northern India

Apr 19, 2017 | 4:00 AM

NEW DELHI — Forty-four people were killed after a bus swerved off a mountain road and plunged into a deep gorge in northern India’s Himachal Pradesh state Wednesday, a senior government official said.

Only two people, including the ticket checker, survived the crash, according to Rohan Chand Thakur, the district magistrate of Shimla district.

Thakur said the bus fell into a 200-meter (657-feet) deep gorge on the Tons river and the cause of the accident wasn’t immediately clear.

He said that rescue teams were working to recover the wreckage from the gorge.