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Mandi, August 6
As many as three persons were killed and two others injured in a road accident in the remote Lingti village of the Spiti valley yesterday.
According to the police, the victims were travelling in a car when the tragedy occurred. The driver lost control over the vehicle and it rolled down a deep gorge in the area.
“The deceased have been identified as Tashi Chhering (57) of Lalung village in Spiti; Dharam Singh (45), a native of Uttarakhand; and Laxman Garthi (43) of Nepal. All of them were found dead on the spot,” a police officer said.
“The injured victims, Devinder Rawat (30) of Nepal and Raghu Bir (45) of Uttarakhand, were rushed to a nearby hospital at Kaza for treatment,” the officer added.
The police said the cause of the accident was yet to be ascertained. A case has been registered and an investigation is underway.
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