New Delhi, April 20 -- A bus carrying passengers through a remote stretch of hill road in Udhampur lost control on a blind curve Monday morning, killing at least 15 people and leaving 20 others injured, many of them critically, according to a news agency PTI report.

A routine Monday morning journey turned fatal in Jammu and Kashmir when a passenger bus veered off a hillside road and plunged into a gorge near Kagort village in the Ram Nagar area of Udhampur district.

The accident occurred around 10 AM as the vehicle negotiated a blind curve on its way from a remote village to Udhampur town. At least 15 people were killed and 20 others injured, with officials describing the condition of many survivors as serious.

The bus, travelling from...