The injured have been sent to Dr Rajendra Prasad government Medical College Tanda, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Dehra, Rakesh Sharma said from the accident site, about 45 km from here. Six of the injured area in a critical condition. Thirty bodies have been found. The dead included the conductor of the bus.

According to eyewitnesses, the 32-seater bus was jam-packed with many people boarding the vehicle at Guler station after alighting from Pathankot-Jogindernagar toy train. As news of the mishap spread, principal of a nearly government school along with teachers and students rushed to the accident site to help the victims.