Bus In India Falls Into Abyss, 36 People Die

JAKARTA - A total of 36 people were killed and six others injured in a bus accident fell into a ravine in the state of Uttarakhand, northern India.

The bus departed from Garhwal in the Himalayan to the city of Ramnagar. There are 42 passengers on board, said Devendra Pincha, a local police officer by telephone.

Images from the ANI news agency showed the bus upside down lying on the edge of the river at the foot of the hill.

Head of State Minister Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhimi said an investigation would be carried out regarding the cause of the deadly accident.