Chandigarh: At least five people, including three women, were killed and nearly 25 others injured when a private luxury bus rolled down a gorge in Himachal Pradesh early on Tuesday.
The injured were rushed to a civil hospital in Anandpur Sahib in Punjab for treatment.
The accident took place near Garha Mora village inside Himachal territory on the hill state's border with Punjab. The accident spot is 90 km from here.
The bus rolled down 100 feet into the gorge.
A police officer said the bus was mainly carrying honeymoon couples from the hill resort of Manali in Himachal Pradesh to New Delhi.
They said the bus could have rolled down the hill as the driver failed to negotiate a sharp curve.
"We received five dead bodies and nearly 25 other injured patients," a doctor at the Anadpur Sahib hospital, 25 km from the accident spot.
Residents of nearby villagers rescued the accident victims before police and other agencies reached. Rescue operations were hampered due to darkness and fog in the area.
-IANS
First Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 09:54