Death toll in Nurpur school bus accident rises to 28

Nurpur school bus accident.


With one more school boy succumbing to his injuries, the death toll in the Nurpur bus accident in Kangra has risen to 28. According to Kangra SP Santosh Patial: “Nitesh Pathania from Thaher village on Sunday succumbed to death.

His condition had been stated to be critical.” The School bus met with an accident on 9 April while on its way to drop school children home. The mishap claimed the lives of 23 children along with four others.

The 32-seater bus was carrying students of Wazir Ram Singh Pathania Memorial School, which plunged into a deep gorge in Malkwal, Himachal Pradesh.