<p class="title">Six persons were killed and 31 injured when a Srinagar-bound private bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accident happened at Chandeh village near Surinsar around midnight when the driver of the bus lost control over the vehicle which rolled down into the gorge, the officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They said the driver had reportedly taken the interior route to dodge traffic police in view of the restrictions on the main Jammu-Srinagar national highway which was opened for traffic from Jammu to Srinagar on Saturday after five days of closure due to landslides caused by rain and snowfall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They said a rescue operation was immediately launched.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Five persons were found dead while 32 were rescued and rushed to Government Medical College hospital Jammu for treatment, the officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They said one of them was declared dead by doctors on arrival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A few of the injured were stated to be "critical", the officials said. </p>
<p class="title">Six persons were killed and 31 injured when a Srinagar-bound private bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accident happened at Chandeh village near Surinsar around midnight when the driver of the bus lost control over the vehicle which rolled down into the gorge, the officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They said the driver had reportedly taken the interior route to dodge traffic police in view of the restrictions on the main Jammu-Srinagar national highway which was opened for traffic from Jammu to Srinagar on Saturday after five days of closure due to landslides caused by rain and snowfall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They said a rescue operation was immediately launched.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Five persons were found dead while 32 were rescued and rushed to Government Medical College hospital Jammu for treatment, the officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They said one of them was declared dead by doctors on arrival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A few of the injured were stated to be "critical", the officials said. </p>