20 Amarnath Yatris injured in Anantnag road accident

20 Amarnath Yatris injured in Anantnag road accident

Pahalgam: Devotees begin their pilgrimage to the Amarnath Yatra at Pahalgam in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on July 2, 2015. (Photo: IANS)

Srinagar, July 6 (IANS) Twenty pilgrims who were returning from the Amarnath Yatra got injured on Saturday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district.

Police sources said two buses carrying Amarnath Yatris rammed into each other at Hernag in Anantnag district.

"20 Yatris were injured in this mishap. 18 people sustained minor injuries while two reported at the hospital with serious injuries.

"Locals rushed to rescue the Yatris immediately after the accident occurred," the police sources said.

--IANS

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