15 passengers were killed and 9 were injured as a bus rolled into a 700-metre deep gorge in Rampur area of Shimla on the Hindustan-Tibet National Highway.
The bus carrying about 40 persons was on its way from Reckong Peo in Kinnaur to Nauni in Solan.The death toll is expected to rise.
Rescue operations are in full swing and SDM Mithun Jindal and DSP Deva Singh Negi are on the spot.
So far 15 bodies have been recovered, police said.
The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained. The NDRF has been rushed to the spot to supervise relief and rescue operations.
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