{"id":12083,"date":"2026-04-20T11:19:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T05:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:19:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T05:49:52","slug":"bus-rolls-down-hill-in-udhampur-jammu-and-kashmir-12-killed-in-tragic-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083","title":{"rendered":"Bus Rolls Down Hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir 12 Killed in Tragic Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"277\">JAMMU, Apr 20: Twelve people were killed and several others injured after a passenger bus rolled down a hill in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Udhampur district on Monday, officials said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"417\">The accident occurred around 10 am on a hilly road while the bus was negotiating a blind curve near Kagort village in the Ramnagar area.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"590\">Officials said a major rescue operation is underway. Several injured passengers have been shifted to nearby hospitals, and many are reported to be in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"592\" data-end=\"678\">The bus was travelling to Udhampur from a remote village when the mishap took place.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"1145\">Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said he spoke to Deputy Commissioner Udhampur Minga Sherpa soon after learning about the incident at village Kanote. He said rescue efforts were launched immediately and all possible assistance is being provided. The injured are being given medical aid, and arrangements are being made to airlift those seriously injured. He added that he is in constant touch with the local administration and ground teams led by Rajinder Sharma. (Agency)<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMMU, Apr 20: Twelve people were killed and several others injured after a passenger bus rolled down a hill in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Udhampur district on Monday, officials said. The accident occurred around 10 am on a hilly road while the bus was negotiating a blind curve near Kagort village in the Ramnagar area. Officials [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[741,147,738,744,746,357,169,526,195,507,745,743,377,739,740,742,737,747,736],"class_list":["post-12083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jammuandkashmir","tag-accidentupdate","tag-breakingnews","tag-busaccident","tag-emergency","tag-fatalaccident","tag-indianews","tag-jammuandkashmir","tag-jknews","tag-kashmirnews","tag-newsupdate","tag-publictransport","tag-ramnagar","tag-rescueoperation","tag-roadaccident","tag-tragedy","tag-udhampur","tag-udhampuraccident","tag-viralnews","tag-736"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bus Rolls Down Hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir 12 Killed in Tragic Accident - publicherald.in<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At least 12 people were killed after a bus rolled down a hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir triggering a major rescue operation.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bus Rolls Down Hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir 12 Killed in Tragic Accident - publicherald.in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At least 12 people were killed after a bus rolled down a hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir triggering a major rescue operation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"publicherald.in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/heraldpublic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-20T05:49:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pti07-07-2022-000229b-1659769184.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News Desk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@heraldpublic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@heraldpublic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?p=12083#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?p=12083\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/24f952046b9805f114b8915043b01707\"},\"headline\":\"Bus Rolls Down Hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir 12 Killed in Tragic Accident\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-20T05:49:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?p=12083\"},\"wordCount\":181,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?p=12083#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/pti07-07-2022-000229b-1659769184.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"#AccidentUpdate\",\"#BreakingNews\",\"#BusAccident\",\"#Emergency\",\"#FatalAccident\",\"#IndiaNews\",\"#JammuAndKashmir\",\"#JKNews\",\"#KashmirNews\",\"#NewsUpdate\",\"#PublicTransport\",\"#Ramnagar\",\"#RescueOperation\",\"#RoadAccident\",\"#Tragedy\",\"#Udhampur\",\"#UdhampurAccident\",\"#ViralNews\",\"89+6\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Jammu and Kashmir\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?p=12083#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?p=12083\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?p=12083\",\"name\":\"Bus Rolls Down Hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir 12 Killed in Tragic Accident - publicherald.in\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?p=12083#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?p=12083#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/pti07-07-2022-000229b-1659769184.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-20T05:49:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"At least 12 people were killed after a bus rolled down a hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir triggering a major rescue operation.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?p=12083#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?p=12083\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?p=12083#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/pti07-07-2022-000229b-1659769184.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/pti07-07-2022-000229b-1659769184.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":700},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?p=12083#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bus Rolls Down Hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir 12 Killed in Tragic Accident\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/\",\"name\":\"publicherald.in\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"publicherald.in\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/icon-logo-PH_edited.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/icon-logo-PH_edited.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"publicherald.in\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/heraldpublic\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/heraldpublic\",\"http:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/heraldpublic\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/24f952046b9805f114b8915043b01707\",\"name\":\"News Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f6f2bc6b39a397ad47a23ea501cbacaa260ab9ee1716dc7f27fa9dc17137d59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f6f2bc6b39a397ad47a23ea501cbacaa260ab9ee1716dc7f27fa9dc17137d59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f6f2bc6b39a397ad47a23ea501cbacaa260ab9ee1716dc7f27fa9dc17137d59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"News Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/publicherald.in\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bus Rolls Down Hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir 12 Killed in Tragic Accident - publicherald.in","description":"At least 12 people were killed after a bus rolled down a hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir triggering a major rescue operation.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bus Rolls Down Hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir 12 Killed in Tragic Accident - publicherald.in","og_description":"At least 12 people were killed after a bus rolled down a hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir triggering a major rescue operation.","og_url":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083","og_site_name":"publicherald.in","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/heraldpublic\/","article_published_time":"2026-04-20T05:49:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":700,"url":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pti07-07-2022-000229b-1659769184.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News Desk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@heraldpublic","twitter_site":"@heraldpublic","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News Desk","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083"},"author":{"name":"News Desk","@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/#\/schema\/person\/24f952046b9805f114b8915043b01707"},"headline":"Bus Rolls Down Hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir 12 Killed in Tragic Accident","datePublished":"2026-04-20T05:49:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083"},"wordCount":181,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pti07-07-2022-000229b-1659769184.jpg","keywords":["#AccidentUpdate","#BreakingNews","#BusAccident","#Emergency","#FatalAccident","#IndiaNews","#JammuAndKashmir","#JKNews","#KashmirNews","#NewsUpdate","#PublicTransport","#Ramnagar","#RescueOperation","#RoadAccident","#Tragedy","#Udhampur","#UdhampurAccident","#ViralNews","89+6"],"articleSection":["Jammu and Kashmir"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083","url":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083","name":"Bus Rolls Down Hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir 12 Killed in Tragic Accident - publicherald.in","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pti07-07-2022-000229b-1659769184.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-20T05:49:52+00:00","description":"At least 12 people were killed after a bus rolled down a hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir triggering a major rescue operation.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pti07-07-2022-000229b-1659769184.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pti07-07-2022-000229b-1659769184.jpg","width":1200,"height":700},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?p=12083#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bus Rolls Down Hill in Udhampur Jammu and Kashmir 12 Killed in Tragic Accident"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/#website","url":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/","name":"publicherald.in","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/#organization","name":"publicherald.in","url":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/icon-logo-PH_edited.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/icon-logo-PH_edited.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"publicherald.in"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/heraldpublic\/","https:\/\/x.com\/heraldpublic","http:\/\/instagram.com\/heraldpublic"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/#\/schema\/person\/24f952046b9805f114b8915043b01707","name":"News Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6f2bc6b39a397ad47a23ea501cbacaa260ab9ee1716dc7f27fa9dc17137d59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6f2bc6b39a397ad47a23ea501cbacaa260ab9ee1716dc7f27fa9dc17137d59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6f2bc6b39a397ad47a23ea501cbacaa260ab9ee1716dc7f27fa9dc17137d59e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"News Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/?author=2"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12085,"href":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12083\/revisions\/12085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publicherald.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}