4 killed as car falls into gorge in Himachal's Rampur

Shimla, May 13

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Four people, including three women, died while two others were injured when the car they were travelling in fell into a gorge near Shimla on Thursday evening.

The commuters were on their way to attending a wedding when their Maruti Alto car fell down the 100-metre-deep gorge near Puna crusher point on the Kashapat link road in Rampur Bushahr of Shimla district.

The deceased were identified as Lata Devi, 45; Anjali, 22; Manorama Devi, 43; and Girish, residents of Kashapat and Jogri villages.

Police said driver Ashok Kumar and another occupant Kuldeep sustained injuries, adding the two have been admitted to a hospital in Khaneri near here.

Rampur sub-divisional police official Chandra Shekhar said an FIR had been lodged under Sections 279 and 304-A of the IPC and investigation was under way. With PTI