Tour bus accident kills 22 in India
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January 7, 2011, Friday
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A SIGHTSEEING bus overturned and plunged into a gorge, killing 22 people and injuring 12 others who were visiting a town at the foot of the Himalayas in India, officials said yesterday.
Among the 22 killed were 13 children, said Mahendra Singh Tamta, spokesman for Uttarakhand state in northern India. Four of 12 people hospitalized were in serious condition.
The bus was one of eight hired to take Haridwar city traders on a picnic in Mussoorie, a tourist town surrounded by green hills and snowy mountains near the state capital, Dehradun.
The bus was carrying 52 people back to Haridwar on Wednesday when it flipped over at a curve in the road and rolled down the gorge, Tamta said.
The driver was arrested yesterday, Tamta said.
A witness said passengers had asked the driver to slow down before the crash.
Among the 22 killed were 13 children, said Mahendra Singh Tamta, spokesman for Uttarakhand state in northern India. Four of 12 people hospitalized were in serious condition.
The bus was one of eight hired to take Haridwar city traders on a picnic in Mussoorie, a tourist town surrounded by green hills and snowy mountains near the state capital, Dehradun.
The bus was carrying 52 people back to Haridwar on Wednesday when it flipped over at a curve in the road and rolled down the gorge, Tamta said.
The driver was arrested yesterday, Tamta said.
A witness said passengers had asked the driver to slow down before the crash.
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