Nine children among 14 dead in two accidents in Uttarakhand

According to news agency ANI, a team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) was been rushed to the spot.

Update: 2019-08-06 05:21 GMT
More details are awaited. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)
More details are awaited. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)
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Dehradun: At least 14 people, including children, were killed in two separate accidents in Uttarakhand on Tuesday.

In the first accident, nine children died and eight were seriously injured after a school bus rolled down a gorge in Kangsali of Tehri Garhwal. The bus was carrying 18 children.

According to news agency ANI, a team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) was been rushed to the spot. The injured have been shifted to a hospital, it added.

In another accident, five passengers were killed and several feared trapped when a boulder fell on their bus on the Badrinath Highway.

More details are awaited.

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