By IANS,
Shimla : At least 22 people were killed and 24 injured when the bus they were travelling in rolled into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh early Wednesday.
The private bus was on its way from Kiari village to Shimla when it fell into a 300-metre gorge near Kotkhai, about 60 km from here, police said.
“Eighteen people were killed on the spot and four declared dead in hospital,” said Shimla district police chief Anand Pratap Singh.
All the injured have been admitted to a Shimla hospital.
The dead include two Oriya and two Nepali labourers.
Survivors said they heard a loud explosion and the bus swerved off the road, indicating mechanical failure.
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