Jammu Tawi, March 27 -- In all 17 people, including the driver, were injured after an SRTC bus overturned inside the Navyug Tunnel along Jammu-Srinagar national highway on late Wednesday, officials said.

They said the accident occurred around 9:55 PM when an SRTC bus traveling from Jammu to Srinagar lost control due to overspeed and turned turtle inside the Navyug tunnel.

"All 17 passengers including the driver identified as Farooq Ahmad, a resident of Budgam, got injured in the mishap," a senior official said.

All the injured passengers were immediately shifted to Emergency Hospital Qazigund Kulgam for treatment, while four among them were later referred to Government Medical College Anantnag for further medical care.

Following the ...