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Jammu, April 25,
At least thirty bus passengers were killed and fifteen others were injured in a road accident in the border district of Poonch on Wednesday morning.
According to reports reaching here "30 bus passengers traveling in a mini bus died and fifteen others were injured, seven among them critically, when their bus skidded off the road and fell deep in the Poonch river around 10.20 a.m near Kalai bridge in the border district of Poonch".
Seven critically injured bus passengers Murtaza Khan,Bag Hussain,Sajjad Ahmed.Mohd Shakeel,Fareeda Bi,Chengaz Khan, Rashida Bi were later airlifted to Jammu for specialized treatment.
Though the exact cause of the accident was yet to be ascertained but according to initial reports reaching here, "an ill fated bus bearing registration number JK12-1097 coming from Surankote to Poonch plunged in Poonch river when the driver of the overcrowded bus lost control over the wheels on a sharp curve".
According to reports jawans of 27 Rashtriya Rifles immediately coordinated relief and rescue operations along with local police and civil administration and shifted the injured passengers to a near by district hospital
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