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22 Injured After Bus Falls Into Gorge in Uttarakhand

22 Injured After Bus Falls Into Gorge in Uttarakhand
22 Injured As Bus Carrying Faridabad Tourists Falls Into Gorge In Uttarakhand · NDTV

A bus was driving through the mountains in a place called Uttarakhand, in India.

The people on the bus were tourists from a city called Faridabad who had gone to visit a pretty hill town called Mukteshwar.

On their way back to Bhawali, the bus lost control and tumbled into a deep valley, called a gorge.

Everyone on the bus got hurt - 21 tourists and the driver.

But help arrived quickly.

Special rescue teams, police, medical officers, and local people all rushed to the scene.

They lined up and joined hands to form a human chain, carefully passing each injured person up to safety.

The hurt people were then driven to the hospital in ambulances.

The wonderful news is that every single person on the bus was rescued.

Key facts

Total injured
22 (21 tourists and the driver)
Passengers' origin
Faridabad
Accident location
Near Satbunga, near Mukteshwar, Nainital district, Uttarakhand
Route
Returning to Bhawali after visiting Mukteshwar
Rescue agencies
NDRF, SDRF, police, district administration, and local residents
Medical response
Injured transported to hospital by ambulance; CMO Ravikant Semwal remained at the scene

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