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Video: Speeding bus carrying Amaranth Yatris rams into truck, 20 injured

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At least 20 Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured on Thursday when the speeding bus in which they were travelling rammed into a truck on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Kulgam district.</p>
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CCTV footage of a yatri bus accident in Qazigund on Jammu-Srinagar national highway. <a href="https://t.co/nFeJwF4V6b">pic.twitter.com/nFeJwF4V6b</a></p>
— Shah Gowhar (@Shah_Gowhar_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shah_Gowhar_/status/1547511751247163392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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"While 18 Yatris sustained minor injuries, two of them were serious and have been shifted to government medical college hospital in Anantnag district", police said.</p>
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The incident was caught on a closed circuit television camera. The footage shows the speeding bus on a wet road ramming into a big dump truck that was taking a U-turn at the crossing.</p>
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Meanwhile, the Amarnath Yatra has been suspended on the Pahalgam as well as Baltal routes on Thursday due to heavy rainfall in the Kashmir Valley, officials said.</p>

IN Bureau

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