A minibus carrying pilgrims to the Sukrala Mata shrine in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, crashes after the driver loses control of the vehicle, officials and reports state. The incident occurs on the Dhar Road in the Simbli area. The bus skids off the road and plunges into a gorge while the passengers are travelling from Samba toward the Mata Sukrala Devi Temple near Billawar town. All sources report that 23 pilgrims are injured. Local residents and police respond to the crash and help evacuate the injured, who are taken to a hospital in the area. According to the reports, four of those injured are in critical condition. The injured pilgrims include individuals travelling from Samba as part of a group headed for the temple. Authorities indicate that the crash is linked to loss of control of the wheel by the driver, though the full circumstances are not detailed further in the accounts provided.
Minibus crash injures 23 pilgrims in Kathua en route to temple in Jammu and Kashmir
A minibus carrying pilgrims to the Sukrala Mata shrine in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, crashes after the driver loses control of the vehicle, officials and reports state. The incident occurs on the Dhar...
- A minibus carrying pilgrims crashes in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, after dropping into a gorge.
- The vehicle is travelling on the Dhar Road en route to the Mata Sukrala Devi/Sukrala Mata shrine near Billawar.
- Driver is reported to have lost control of the wheel.
- At least 23 pilgrims are injured.
- Four injured pilgrims are reported to be in critical condition; injured people are evacuated to hospital with help from residents and police.
Officials said the pilgrims were injured after a minibus carrying devotees to the revered Sukrala Mata shrine near Billawar town of the district dropped into a gorge in the Simbli area when the driver lost control of the wheel.
2 months agoTragedy struck in Jammu's Kathua district as a bus carrying pilgrims skidded off the Dhar Road, plunging into a gorge. At least 23 individuals from Samba, en route to the Mata Sukrala Devi Temple, sustained injuries. Local residents and police swiftly responded, evacuating the injured to a hospital. Four pilgrims are reported to be in critical condition following the harrowing incident.
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