At least 39 people were killed and 43 injured after a bus skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Anuraj Ghati in Garhwa district of Jharkhand on Tuesday.

The accident took place around 3.30 am. The CRPF jawans recovered the bodies of six people and rescued 43 passengers by entering the ill-fated bus through the windows, said Superintendent of Police Shivani Tiwari