In a devastating incident, at least people lost their lives when a bus carrying passengers skidded off the road and tumbled down a 300-foot gorge in Jammu and Kashmir`s Doda district on Wednesday, Jammu Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar told wire agency PTI.

The ill-fated bus, bearing registration number JK02CN-6555, was reportedly transporting around 40 passengers. Officials stated that the accident occurred near Trungal-Assar on the Batote-Kishtwar national highway.