A road accident in the hilly Doda district claimed 19 lives and left one critically injured on Friday morning.
Divisional commissioner Jammu Pawan Kotwal told
rediff.com that a bus on its way to Doda met with an accident at Manoi village, nearly 250 km from winter capital Jammu. "The bus rolled down into a deep gorge after failing to negotiate a curve. Bodies of 19 passengers
have been recovered," Kotwal said.