Six people, including five of a family, were killed on the spot when their car fell 500 metres down into a gorge in Himachal's Chamba district, police said on Friday.
A government school teacher and his family were returning home from Banikhet when the accident occurred near Chanvas in the Tissa subdivision of the Chamba district. According to initial reports, the car was struck by a falling rock before plummeting into the ravine. The car crashed into the gorge about a kilometre from their home.
The villagers rushed to the spot as soon as the heard the screams and immediately informed the police and started the rescue operations. Rajesh, a teacher in Banikhet, his wife Hanso (36) his son, Deepak (15), and daughter, Aarti (17), brother-in-law, Hemraj, and another person the family gave lift to in their car died in the accident.
It took nearly six hours to recover the bodies from the accident, which happened at 9:30 on Thursday night. According to police, a case has been filed and additional enquiries are being conducted.
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