NEW DELHI: Several Amarnath pilgrims sustained minor injuries when five buses collided at the Chanderkot Langer site, said the Ramban Deputy Police commissioner Mohammed Alyas Khan.
The convoy of buses travelling from Jammu's Bhagwati Nagar to Pahalgam base camp in south Kashmir collided near Chanderkoot along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway at approximately 8 am, officials said, as reported by news agency PTI.
"A bus could not apply brakes near Chanderkot Langer site and it collided with four other buses. A total of 36 pilgrims have sustained minor injuries. The patients were treated at the hospital. Alternate vehicles have been arranged for the pilgrims to go forward," said the Deputy commissioner, adding that the government officials, already present at the site rushed the injured to the Ramban district hospital.
Several senior police officers visited the hospital to monitor the treatment of the injured and directed the chief medical officer to ensure the best possible care.
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