3 killed,26 injured as passenger bus slips into river Chenab

Three persons were killed and 26 others injured when a bus skidded off the road and rolled down into Chenab river in Doda district on Wednesday,police said here.

The bus,which was on its way from Jammu to Kishtwar,skidded off the road at Prem Nagar,about 180-kms from here,they said.

The rescue teams have so far extricated three dead and 26 injured persons from the accident site,they said,adding the injured were rushed to the district hospital at Doda for treatment.