Death toll in Nilgiri bus accident rises to 9

The death toll in the bus accident in the hilly Nilgiris district went up to nine on Thursday with two more people succumbing to injuries.

As many as 27 others injured, some of them seriously, when the bus fell into the 500-feet gorge near Manthada in Nilgiris district.

The driver of the state-run transport corporation bus was allegedly trying to avoid a pit on the ghat road when the mishap occurred killing six people on the spot while another died in hospital later.