KOTLI: At least 10 people were killed and 13 others were critically injured on Sunday night when a coaster plummeted into a ravine in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
The bus was headed to Gujranwala from Nairiyan, a remote village in the Sudhnoti district near Kotli, where 35 passengers had gone to attend Urs festivities.
The deceased and the injured were shifted to Mirpur District Headquarters Hospital.
According to Mirpur Commissioner Chaudhry Shaukat, rescue personnel reached the site on receiving information. At least three of the 13 injured were in critical condition, he added.
The commissioner told media that the accident was caused due to a brake failure and added that a large number of Jamia students reached the hospital to donate blood to the victims.
