POLICE say a bus full of Hindu pilgrims plunged into the Ganges River, killing 26 people in northern India.
Rescuers worked for more than four hours to pull the bodies from the river late yesterday in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.
Local Tehri district police official Janmejaya Khanduri said today that four people were in hospital in a critical condition.
The
private tour bus had been travelling from Badrinath to the holy city of
Rishikesh with 45 passengers from central Madhya Pradesh state. Police
say the driver lost control while trying to overtake a truck.
Uttarakhand
Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna announced an investigation today and said
victims' families would receive 100,000 rupees $1840) in compensation.
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