At least 16 people killed in bus crash in northern India

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STORY: At least 16 people have died and 17 injured after a bus fell into a gorge in the Tehri district in India's northern state of Uttarakhand on Saturday.

The bus was traveling from Srinagar city in Uttarakhand with 33 passengers on board, when it fell into a 300 foot deep gorge after trying to overtake another vehicle near the Juyalgarh area on the National Highway 58.

Road and rail accidents are common in India. More than 230,000 people were killed on Indian roads in 2010.

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