A video of the incident has surfaced online, showing passengers jumping off the moving bus, although it was moving at a slow speed.
Security personnel averted a major accident after a bus carrying pilgrims of the Amarnath Yatra lost control on National Highway 44 in Ramban district on Tuesday.
According to reports, with around 40 pilgrims onboard bus was returning to Hoshiarpur in Punjab.
It is reported that the driver failed to stop the vehicle upon reaching Nachlana near Banihal due to brake failure.
Ten people, including six men, three women, and one child, were injured in the incident.
The brakes of a bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims failed on a slope while returning from Baltal to Hoshiarpur. Some people jumped out of the moving bus. Police and security forces stopped the bus with great effort. 8 people were injured in the incident. The pilgrims were from… pic.twitter.com/Y6mnmHQpPG
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