GAUHATI, India (AP) — A crowded passenger bus veered off a mountain road and plunged into a gorge in India’s remote northeast today, killing at least 31 people, police said.
State police chief N. Ramachandran said another 34 passengers were injured in the predawn accident in Tongseng village in Meghalaya state.
The 40-seater bus was heading to Gauhati when the driver lost control and it plunged into the gorge.
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