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A time after 14 radical died successful a autobus accident successful Himachal's Sirmaur district, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri ordered a probe to ascertain the cause.
Agnihotri, who holds the transport portfolio, said, “An enquiry has been ordered into the tragic roadworthy mishap that led to 14 deaths and injuries to a ample fig of people.”
“The medication has acted promptly successful the full matter, and the injured are undergoing attraction successful antithetic hospitals,” helium said.
The mishap occurred connected Friday (January 9, 2026) afternoon, erstwhile an overloaded backstage bus, surpassing its seating capableness of 39, veered disconnected the roadworthy connected its mode to Kupvi from Shimla, and fell into a 500-feet heavy gorge.
It landed upside down adjacent Haripurdhar village, astir 95 kilometres from the territory headquarters, Nahan. Besides 14 casualties, which see 8 women, astir 52 radical sustained injuries successful the accident.
The origin of the mishap is yet to beryllium ascertained; however, locals fishy that the autobus operator mislaid power of the vehicle, pursuing which it skidded disconnected the roadworthy owed to frost accumulation.
The injured are undergoing attraction successful respective hospitals, including Rajgarh Government Hospital, Nahan Medical College, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, portion those with superior injuries person been referred to PGI Chandigarh, officials said.
