India, Oct. 21 -- A girl died and 16 others were injured after a bus skidded off the road and rolled down along the Basantgarh-Ramnagar road in Jammu's Udhampur district on Wednesday.

An official said that the accident took place at Gulli Gala in the Pachound area of Latti-Basantgarh tehsil, reported news agency KNO.

He said six seriously injured passengers were being shifted to Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Ramnagar, while the remaining injured were receiving treatment at Primary Health Centre (PHC) Basantgarh.

Earlier, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said he had spoken to Udhampur Deputy Commissioner Ananth Dwivedi following the accident.

In a post, Singh said all passengers were promptly evacuated with the timely intervention of loc...