Jammu, April 23 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister (CM) Omar Abdullah on Wednesday visited the Government Medical College, Jammu, and met the victims of the Udhampur bus mishap.

Regarding the bus, he said the owner's carelessness caused the loss of several precious lives.

At least 21 people were killed and over 50 injured when an overloaded private bus plunged nearly 100 feet down a hillside, crushing an autorickshaw before landing upside down on the road below, in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Monday, officials said. The 42-seater bus carrying 63 passengers, including women and students, was on its way from Ramnagar to Udhampur.

"The man driving the bus was not the real driver. The real driver was on leave and the owner, a...