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Nine radical died portion astir 40 others were injured aft a backstage autobus fell into a gorge successful Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur territory connected Friday (January 9, 2026) afternoon, constabulary said. The mishap occurred erstwhile the autobus en way from Shimla to Kupvi via Rajgarh veered disconnected the roadworthy and plunged into the gorge down the roadworthy and landed upside down adjacent Haripurdhar village, astir 95 kilometres from the territory headquarters, Nahan.
Sub-divisional Magistrate (SDM) Sangrah, Sunil Kayath, who is astatine the spot supervising the rescue operation, told PTI that 9 autobus passengers person died portion astir 40 are injured.
He said the rescue cognition is going connected warfare footing and each the injured and dormant were being rushed to adjacent Sangrah and Dadahu hospitals.
Expressing grief implicit the nonaccomplishment of lives successful the accident, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, successful a connection issued here, directed the territory authorities to supply each imaginable assistance to the adjacent of kin of those killed successful the mishap and guarantee the champion aesculapian attraction to the injured.
Industry Minister and section MLA from the Shallai Assembly segment, Harshwardhan Chauhan, said the territory medication has been enactment connected alert, and aesculapian teams and doctors astatine Dadahu, Sangrah and Nahan infirmary are prepared for emergency.
He said the origin of the mishap is yet to beryllium ascertained and expressed condolences connected the incident.
Locals connected the spot fishy that the autobus operator mightiness person mislaid power of the vehicle, pursuing which it skidded disconnected the roadworthy owed to frost accumulation.
In videos circulating connected societal media, a ample assemblage is seen helping successful the rescue operations, trying to get the injured retired of the wreckage of the bus.
Locals rushed for rescue and informed the constabulary aft the accident. Officials of the territory administration, constabulary and others are besides astatine work.
Balbir Chauhan, a nonmigratory of Haripurdhar and subordinate of the BJP authorities moving committee, said that the locals person done singular enactment successful rescuing the passengers from the heavy gorge successful the hard conditions.
