38 pilgrims injured in bus accident near Phagwara

PHAGWARA (PUNJAB): Thirty-eight pilgrims on their way to Haridwar were injured as their bus rammed into a stationary bus along the National Highway. Police said the the pilgrims were going to Haridwar after offering prayers at the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir. Bus driver Gaund Das and conductor Janardhan Yadav suffered fractures in the accident according to Senior Medical Officer Dawinder Singh of local Civil hospital. One of the victims Anil Kumar said they were all asleep when the accident occurred. He said there were about 20 women and four children in the group of pilgrims.