SRINAGAR: Eighteen passengers were killed and 35 injured three of them seriously when a passenger bus skidded off the road and fell into a drain near Pahlipora 70 km from here April 1.

The killed included crew of the vehicle and two women an official report here said.

Senior administrative officials of the Baramullah district and a medical team rushed to the accident site in the Baramullah district.

The ill-fated bus was on its way from Pahlipora to Baramulla an official spokesman said.

Article extracted from this publication >> April 5, 1991