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Bus plunges down gorge in India, 19 killed

02 Sep 2007 10:08:45 GMT
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LUCKNOW, India, September 2 (Reuters) - Nineteen people were killed and 23 injured on Sunday when a packed bus veered off a mountainous road and hurtled down a gorge in the Indian Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, an official said.

A senior official said the accident in the Tehri Garhwal district occured after the bus driver lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a sharp bend along a winding mountain road.

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