At least 18 people were killed and several others remain trapped under the debris after a massive landslide hit a private bus in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur district on Tuesday evening, PTI reported citing officials.

The bus, carrying 30-35 passengers, was on its way from Marotan to Ghumarwin when the accident happened in the Bhalughat area in the Jhandutta assembly segment.

Officials said 18 bodies have been recovered from the debris so far, while three people have been rescued and shifted to the hospital.

Police and district administration officials are at the spot and rescue operations are going on in full swing, the officials said.

A policeman engaged in the rescue operation said the "chances of survival of the passengers are bleak" as a whole mountain came crashing down on the b

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