36 Amarnath pilgrims suffer minor injuries after five buses collide in J-K's Ramban
The buses were part of a convoy headed for Pahalgam base camp in south Kashmir from Jammu's Bhagwati Nagar.
The accident took place near Chanderkoot, along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, at around 8 am, officials said. Adding that the collision occurred due to the failure of the brakes of one of the buses in the convoy.
"The last vehicle of the Pahalgam convoy lost control and hit stranded vehicles at the Chanderkot Langer site, damaging four vehicles and causing minor injuries to 36 Yatris," Ramban Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Alyas Khan said.
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