At least eight persons were killed and 20 injured when a State Transport Corporation bus veered off the road at Gajehri near Theog in anterior Shimla on Friday morning. The bus was going from Shimla to Sharontha village in Rohru tehsil.
Seriously injured
The seriously injured have been admitted to the Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital here.
While seven persons died on the spot, the other succumbed to injuries at the IGMC hospital.
All the bodies and the injured have been identified, said the police
The cause of accident is yet to be ascertained. The driver had probably lost the control over the bus while descending a steep, said locals.
Expressing grief over the accident, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur directed the district administration to provide all possible help to the families of the deceased and best treatment to those admitted to hospitals. As an immediate relief measure, the district administration and the transport corporation have given ₹15,000 and ₹10,000 each to the family members of the deceased.
