Bus ravine plunge kills 10 in Kashmir

Senior local police official says around 20 people were on board.

MUZZAFARGH: At least 10 people were killed on Monday when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Kashmir region, close to the Line of Control. 

The bus travelling from the garrison city of Rawalpindi to the frontier town of Forward Kahuta, fell down the 150 metre slope early in the morning.

Senior local police official Riaz Abbasi told AFP that around 20 people were on board. He said 10 had been killed and four were injured.

A senior government official also confirmed the incident.

"The accident occurred around 5:00 am. We have moved the injured to hospitals and handed over dead bodies to the relatives," local administration official Sardar Shahbaz Ali said.

The officials said the cause of accident was not immediately known.