24 dead after a dilapidated bus skids into a deep gorge in northern India

A poorly maintained bus has veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in northern India, killing at least 24 people and injuring several others. Officials say the accident occurred Monday in Almora district in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand. They say the bus was carrying 42 people and 24 bodies have been recovered. Teams of rescue and relief workers have been deployed to the site and authorities say the death toll may rise as they work to rescue passengers that may still be trapped inside. India has some of the highest road death rates in the world, with hundreds of thousands of people killed and injured annually.