One person was today killed and 35 others were injured when a passenger bus skidded off the road and rolled down into a  gorge at Dam Site, 120km from Jammu, in Kathua district, police said here.

The accident occurred when the bus driver was negotiating a curve. The vehicle was on its way from Sawar village to Kathua town.

One person, identified as Babu Ram, died on the spot, while 35 others sustained injuries in the accident, they said.

Police rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to nearby hospital for treatment, they added.