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Last Updated: Sunday, 13 July, 2003, 13:47 GMT 14:47 UK
Kashmir bus crash kills 25
One of the injured
The crash left 24 people injured
At least 25 people have been killed and 24 others injured in a bus crash in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.

The bus was on its way from Doda to Kishtwar early on Sunday morning, when it hit a van near Premnagar.

The driver appears to have lost control of the bus and it plunged down a steep gorge into the Chinab river.

Map of the region
Rescuers have managed to recover all the bodies and the injured have been taken to hospital.

Crashes are not uncommon on the steep, winding turns of Kashmir's mountain roads.




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