UTTARAKHAND, India, 4th November, 2024 (WAM) -- Twenty-three people died after a bus fell into a gorge near Marchula in Uttarakhand's Almora district on Monday morning, ANI reported, citing the police.
The police headquarters spokesperson IG Nilesh Anand Bharne told ANI that more than 45 people were travelling in the bus at the time of the accident. The bus was coming from the Golikhal area to Ramnagar when the accident occurred.
Upon receiving the information, relief and rescue operations started immediately, and orders were given to investigate the accident, said officials.