A BUS SKIDDED OFF A MOUNTAINOUS HIGHWAY AND FELL INTO A DEEP GORGE IN INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR ON SUNDAY, KILLING 23 PEOPLE AND INJURING ANOTHER 18, POLICE SAID. THE INJURED HAD BEEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND WERE IN A SERIOUS CONDITION, SAID S.P. VAID, AN INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED NEAR RAMBAN, A TOWN 160 KILOMETERS (100 MILES) NORTH OF JAMMU, THE WINTER CAPITAL OF INDIA'S JAMMU-KASHMIR STATE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED.
