Bus accident leaves at least 37 dead and 18 injured in Kashmir

A man injured after a passenger bus slid off a Himalayan highway is brought to hospital for treatment (AP)

At least 37 people have died and 18 others were injured after a passenger bus slid off a major Himalayan road and rolled down a steep slope in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.

The 42-seater bus was on the way to southern Jammu city from Kishtwar town when it veered off the road and fell about 660 feet onto an older road in the mountainous region, a civil administrator said.