The number of victims of traffic accidents in North India increased to 36

reported by Mehr News Agency quoted by France 24, according to Indian authorities, at least 36 people died after a bus fell and overturned in a valley in northern India.

Previously, the number of victims of this incident was announced as 15, and the local authorities announced the possibility of an increase in the number of victims.

Deepak Rawat, a senior official of the state of Uttarakhand, where the incident took place, confirmed the registration of 36 victims and said that three injured were taken to the hospital by helicopter in critical condition. have been.

According to the local media, the human chain formed to the end of the valley and along a raging river helps to remove the injured and dead bodies from the bus.

Fatal driving accidents are a common occurrence along the mountain roads of the Himalayan region for reasons including unsafe roads as well as driving on winding roads.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his sincere condolences to the survivors of this incident.