20 dead, dozens wounded as bus plunges into gorge in AJK

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At least 20 people were killed and about two dozen others injured when a bus carrying participants of a wedding ceremony fell into a gorge here on Sunday.

Police said that a bus carrying about five dozen attendants of a wedding party from Palandri to Hajira area of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) skidded off a road due to speeding while negotiating a sharp turn near Janjaal Hill More and plunged into a deep ravine.

As a result of the accident, 20 people died while about 25 others were injured.

The dwellers of the area and rescue teams soon after getting the information of the mishap reached the scene and started rescue operation.

The bodies and injured were pulled out from the gorge and shifted to different hospitals where according to hospital sources condition of several wounded people was critical. More deaths are feared.