India | At least 36 dead in Himalayan bus accident

(Dehradun) Au moins 36 personnes sont mortes lundi en Inde, dans l’État de l’Uttarakhand (Nord), après que le car qui les transportait a plongé dans une gorge, a annoncé un responsable du gouvernement local.

Pour l’heure, « 36 victimes ont été confirmées », a déclaré à la presse Deepak Rawat, un haut fonctionnaire de l’État himalayen de l’Uttarakhand, précisant que « trois blessés graves [avaient été] transported to hospital by helicopter.

Accidents are common on India’s vast road network, which is poorly maintained and notoriously dangerous.

According to a World Bank report released in 2021, 11% of total road deaths occur in India, even though the country accounts for only 1% of the world’s vehicles.

In May, at least 21 people died when their bus crashed into a gorge on a mountainous road in the part of Kashmir administered by New Delhi.

In November 2023, at least 37 people died in the same region after the bus carrying them skidded off a mountain road, plunging into a gorge.