At least 18 feared dead as bus falls into gorge in Himachal
August 21, 2014  14:15
At least 18 people are feared killed and 14 others seriously injured when a bus fell into a gorge from the Jaypee Dam in the Sangla valley in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.

Early reports suggest that brakes of the bus failed and the bus then fell into the 200-metre gorge from the Jaypee Dam.

Locals and police are carrying out rescue operations.

Police sources say that the toll is likely to increase.

They also said most of the people in the bus were Kinnaur locals and two were labourers from Bihar.
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