Bus accident in North India, 44 dead

[DEHRADUN] At least 44 people were killed in northern India on Sunday (17) when a pbadenger bus crashed into a ravine in the mountainous Garhwal district of Pauri. State of Himalaya, Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Trivendra Rawat, said the bus fell into a 200-meter ravine in the foothills of the Himalayas. "1965: Ninety-four people were killed Deepesh Chandra Kala's disaster in AFP

Police officer Manoj Kumar even said that the rescue teams had found 48 bodies. about 60 pbadengers.

"People are crowded like sardines," said another policeman, Jagat Ram Joshi, adding that at least seven wounded people were in critical condition.

Authorities stated that the accident was not clear.But the image of the vehicle taken on the scene indicates that the bus chbadis was bent with a loose roof

"The bus lost the control and extinguished in a deep valley.The bus split into two halves after the collision and now in a small stream at the bottom of the valley, "said the police

Prime Minister Narendra Modi admitted to being deeply saddened by the news of the accident and presented his condolences to the families of the victims

"I pray that the wounded recover quickly. "The Prime Minister's Office Statement Released on Twitter

More than 150,000 people are killed each year in traffic accidents, most deaths attributed to bad roads,

In April, a bus carrying young students home in the state of Himachal Pradesh fell into a ravine that killed 30 people, including 27 children.

During the same month, at least 21 partygoers have were killed when their truck plunged from a bridge in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

A few days later, 13 children died after a train collided with a small bus at an unguarded railway crossing in the state of Uttar Pradesh. [AFP/Guardian/U-5]