16 People Killed As Bus Falls 500 ft Into Gorge, Only 1 Person Survived 

In a sad and shocking case, at least 16 were killed after a passenger vehicle rolled down from a link road to Batote-Doda highway in Doda district on Tuesday afternoon.

Among the dead, there were three children and four women who died in the accident. 

Reacting over the news, Doda district police chief SSP Mumtaz Ahmad stated that, the vehicle in which the people were travelling were carrying a capacity of 10 people rolled 500 feet down on main Batote-Doda highway from a link road around 2.45 pm in the afternoon. Only one person survived in this tragedy.

The driver was on its way to Marmat from Doda when the accident took place at Khellani.

#UPDATE: The death toll in Doda road accident rises to 16. https://t.co/tCEmwMXzAa

— ANI (@ANI) November 12, 2019

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