At least 17 passengers were killed and 16 more injured when a mini bus skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. The accident occurred at Dandaran, near Thakrai, when the driver of the mini bus, which was on its way to Kishtwar from the Keshwan area, lost control of it and the vehicle plunged into the over 300-feet-deep gorge near the Chenab riverbed. "A total of 17 persons died and 16 others injured in the unfortunate incident," district development commissioner (Kishtwar) Angrez Singh Rana said. 

At least 17 passengers were killed and 16 more injured when a mini bus skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. The accident occurred at Dandaran, near Thakrai, when the driver of the mini bus, which was on its way to Kishtwar from the Keshwan area, lost control of it and the vehicle plunged into the over 300-feet-deep gorge near the Chenab riverbed. "A total of 17 persons died and 16 others injured in the unfortunate incident," district development commissioner (Kishtwar) Angrez Singh Rana said.