Private bus involved in accident at Himachal's Kangra; 33 injured, 11 critical

Thirty-three people were injured after a private bus fell into a gorge at Gopalpur in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on Monday, a district official said. The condition of eleven of them is critical. Ten of them have been referred to the Tanda Medical College and one to a hospital in the district's Palampur sub-division, he added.

The others injured are being treated at a hospital in Gopalpur, he added. The accident took place after the bus -- registration number HP28B1989 -- of the Jawahar Bus Service fell into the gorge near Gopalpur Monday morning, he added.