SRINAGAR: An Amarnath Yatra bound pilgrim and bus driver was killed and 23 injured on Wednesday in a road accident in south Kashmir's Anantnag district.


"A mini bus carrying the pilgrims went out of the driver's control and skidded off the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Bijbehara town," a senior police official said..

The injured pilgrims were shifted to a hospital for treatment, the official said.