India bus accident kills 46 as driver changes CD

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Source: International Herald-Tribune

CHANDIGARH, India: Forty-six people were killed when a bus plunged down a deep gorge in northern India after the driver lost control while changing the music, officials said Tuesday.

The bus was travelling between two tourist resorts in Himachal Pradesh state when it veered off the road 16 km (10 miles) east of the state capital Shimla, a state government official said.

Forty-six people were killed and four people critically injured, said Joginder Singh Rana, Shimla's deputy commissioner. The army was carrying out rescue operations, he added.

"The bus driver's attention was diverted as he was changing a CD in the music system and the bus was also going at a very high speed," he said, citing witnesses.



Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/11/04/asia/OUKWD-UK-INDIA-ACCIDENT.php

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1. jesus that's awful n/t

[Catherine Vincent]

2. How awful!

:-(