A Shimla-bound bus met with an accident after the road underneath it caved in near Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. Reports said that it was a Himachal Road Transport Corporation Bus that was travelling from Sundernagar to Shimla.
The passenger bus was travelling from Sundernagar to Shimla and the accident occurred near Mandi in Himachal Pradesh.
A Shimla-bound bus met with an accident after the road underneath it caved in near Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. Reports said that it was a Himachal Road Transport Corporation Bus that was travelling from Sundernagar to Shimla.
?As a portion of the highway in Mandi-Shimla collapsed on Saturday, four passengers of the Himachal Roadways Transport Corporation bus were injured.
According to PTI, there were 12 passengers on board when the accident occurred near Kango in Madi district in the early hours of Saturday.?
?The bus dropped a couple of feet and landed on its tyres, but it wasn't stuck in the wreckage.
Himachal Roadways Transport Corporation (HRTC) Managing Director Rohan Chand Thakur reportedly said that the four injured passengers have been admitted to a hospital.
According to State Emergency Operation Centre data, 107 people have died in road accidents in Himachal Pradesh during the monsoon season since June 24.?
The Shimla-Kalka and the Manali-Chandigarh national highways were blocked near Koti and Pandoh, respectively, following landslides triggered by intermittent rain. A total 395 roads are blocked in the state, officials said.