8 killed, 1 injured as vehicle falls into gorge in India
Xinhua,March 02, 2018 Adjust font size:
NEW DELHI, March 2 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed and one injured after a vehicle carrying them skidded off a mountainous road and fell into gorge early Friday in northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, police said.
The vehicle fell into gorge on Chandigarh-Manali highway in Swarghat area of Bilaspur district, about 108 km northwest of Shimla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh.
"This morning a vehicle carrying nine people skidded off the road and fell into a gorge here, killing eight on spot and critically injuring one," a police official posted in Swarghat told Xinhua. "The bodies have been retrieved and sent for post-mortem."
According to police, the vehicle was carrying Hindu pilgrims who had gone to pay obeisance at a local temple.
The cause of accident was not immediately known. Enditem