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44 dead in bus crash in northern India: police
DEHRADUN, India, July 1, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – At least 44 people were killed
in northern India Sunday when a passenger bus crashed into a gorge in the
Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, police said.
“44 people have died in the accident. At least 3 others are injured. The
rescue work is still ongoing,” Deepesh Chandra Kala, a disaster management
officer from Pauri Garhwal district where the accident occurred, told AFP.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1215 hrs