While five people died in the accident, the SDRF team was rushed to the spot which along with Pauri Police and locals rescued 18 others injured. 10 of them were admitted to Srinagar hospital while 7 were undergoing treatment in the Pauri district.
The first accident happened in the Khirsu Chaubatta while the other occurred near Dudhrakhal in the Satpuli area. It comes a day after a tragic incident in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district where a tempo fell into the Alakhnanda River causing the death of as many as 14 people.
The officials said the rescue operation was very difficult as it was a 200-foot-deep gorge and dark around the area, however, with the help of locals three have been shifted to a local hospital.
An official report indicated that the tragedy occurred at Bujhthala, resulting in the unfortunate demise of seven individuals and leaving eight others injured.
At least 18 people, mostly students, were injured when a mini-bus skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Saturday morning, officials said.
J&K news: "Upon receiving the information, we immediately sent the ambulances to the spot. 10 injured have been referred to district hospital Udhampur," Dr Vijay Basnotra, CMO Udhampur said.
Shyam Singh and his daughter Kamini, residents of Shango village in Bhabha valley, died on the spot after their car fell into the gorge near Bei nullah, they added.
A bus fell into a gorge in Assam's Goalpara on February 04. The bus accident happened near Dhupdhara area. The incident led to death of seven people while many are feared injured.
As the truck fell into the gorge, a kutcha house (dharha) near Anandpur on Shoghi bypass was also damaged and two women inhabitants were injured, Shimla Superintendent of Police Omapati Jamwal said.
The driver of the vehicle has been identified as Girdhari Lal, a resident of Kanda village. Police said Lal died on the spot.
Six members of a family, two women and four children, were killed on Wednesday when a car they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge in Uttarakhand's Tehri district, police said.
As many as 30 passengers, including 13 women, were injured Wednesday when State transport bus overturnedand fell into a gorge near Koyyur, about 140 km from here, police said.
Rescue operation was underway.
Himachal: 6 die as SUV falls into gorge in Una
The incident happened when the car traveling to a wedding venue rolled down into a gorge, while passing through Vijay Nagar near NH-24, killing four and injuring many others.
District Magistrate Eva Ashish Srivastava said the incident took place at Potam, 120 km away from the district headquarters.
"Two persons died and 26 others were injured when a mini bus on way from Halaran village to Kara Gandoh in Doda district went out of the driver's control and plunged into a deep gorge," police said.
Jhabua, MP: At least 10 people were killed and over 40 others were injured tonight when a private bus in which they were travelling fell into a deep valley in Machalia Ghat in neighbouring Dhar
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