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Last Updated: Monday, 19 January, 2004, 19:07 GMT
Indian bus plunge leaves 19 dead
Police in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh say they have recovered 19 bodies after a bus fell into a river on Monday.

The bus skidded off a narrow mountain road and rolled at least 150 metres before plunging into the Ravi river, 500km (300 miles) north of Delhi.

A district police official told the BBC 18 of the bodies had been identified.

The state is giving families of the dead 5,000 rupees ($110) compensation. No-one survived the plunge.





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