2019 Kullu bus accident

On 20 June 2019, an overloaded bus fell into a deep drain in Dhoth Morh, tehsil Banjar, Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh.

[1][2] The private bus registration number (HP 66-7065) was running on Kullu-Gadagushaini route.

Two kilometres from Banjar bus stand, it fell into the deep gorge on a sharp turn at Bhiyoth.

[3] As the bus was travelling on an uphill section of road, near Dhoth Morh, it came to a bend where it fell down the gorge in Banjar nullah.

[4] The Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur Himachal Pradesh, ordered a magisterial inquiry to be conducted by the Additional District Magistrate, Kullu.