At Least 20 Injured After Bus Carrying Amarnath Pilgrims Rams Into Dumper in J&K's Qazigund
The accident took place when a tipper dumper rammed into the bus carrying Amarnath Yatra pilgrims at Badragund crossing on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Qazigund, police said At least 20 Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured after the bus they were travelling in met with an accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Qazigund on Thursday. A tipper dumper rammed into the bus carrying Amarnath Yatra pilgrims at Badragund crossing on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Qazigund, police said. As per latest available information, 15 passengers have died in the accident while 45 are injured. The incident comes three days after the Amarnath Yatra resumed following a temporary halt that was necessitated after flash floods triggered by a cloudburst that struck the camps set up near the holy cave and killed 16 pilgrims. A batch of over 5,000 pilgrims on Thursday left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here to offer prayers at the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine of Amarnath, officials said. The 15th batch...