At least 48 dead, many injured, in horror

The appalling crash erased the roof of the bus Buses

At least 48 people were killed and many others seriously injured In North India, on Sunday, a crowded bus swept into a gorge in the foothills of the island. Himalaya, the last horror in a country with notoriously dangerous roads.

The rescue teams managed to recover 13 living passengers from the twisted remains of the bus. But many were in a very serious state, according to police, fearing that the number of victims of one of the worst road accidents in India this year could increase.

District Magistrate Sushil Kumar said that 61 people were aboard a bus designed to carry only 28 passengers.

"He was overloaded and the driver apparently lost control," he told AFP

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The bus crashed with such force into the ravine that the roof was cleaned from the vehicle. The bus was found crooked at the bottom of the valley in the hilly state northeast of New Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "extremely saddened" by the news of the accident and offered his condolences to the families of the dead. ] "I pray that the wounded recover at the earliest, relief operations are underway and the authorities provide all possible assistance on the site of the accident," said the Prime Minister's Office on Twitter, assigning remarks to Modi. The JR Joshi police stated that the investigators had not yet established what had caused the accident, but that they were examining the scene of the accident

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"Some say that the outer part of the road is collapsing We are still investigating." India has some of the world's deadliest roads and roads. lives are often lost in the mountainous north, where sharp hairpin bends cut the roads.

More than 150,000 people are killed each year in traffic accidents, with most deaths attributed to poor roads, poorly maintained vehicles and careless driving

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In the neighboring state of Himachal Pradesh in April, a bus carrying young students to the school house crashed into a gorge killing 30 people on board, including 27 children.

That same month, at least 21 revelers They were killed when their truck flew off a bridge in central Madhya Pradesh

A few days later, 13 children died after A train collided with a small school bus at a railway crossing in Uttar Pradesh. toppled and killed 19 workers who were crushed under bags of cement who fell from the vehicle when he overturned