8 Killed, 10 Injured After Private Bus Overturns In Himachal's Chamba District
A private bus traveling in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district overturned and fell off a mountain road, resulting in eight deaths and ten injuries. Local rescue teams and disaster management authorities are currently investigating the cause of the accident on the remote Bairagarh-Tissa route.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing infrastructure and road safety challenges in India's mountainous regions, where narrow, steep roads frequently lead to fatal transit accidents.
At least eight people, including the driver and conductor, were killed and 10 others injured after a private bus overturned and fell onto a lower road in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district on Saturday morning.The accident took place near Chalunj Mor in the Devikothi area on the Bairagarh-Tissa road when the bus, operated by Sharma Bus Service, was travelling from Bairagarh to Chamba. Officials said the vehicle had left Bairagarh around 6:30 am and met with the accident after covering nearly three kilometres.The bus was carrying 18 people at the time of the crash.
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