Seven killed, five injured in Shimla road accident

  • | Monday | 26th June, 2017

Shimla district administration has announced compensation of Rs 50,000 to the family of deceased persons while Rs 5,000 each would be given to the injured persons. Those killed have been identified as Gulab Singh, Sedi Devi, Sushma Devi, Nisha, Raveena, Kailash all residents of Shauri village of Paonta Sahib tehsil, and Shivani of Koti Mashwa.Police have registered a case and kept the bodies for postmortem at Nerwa hospital. SHIMLA: Seven members of a family were killed while five others were seriously injured when the Bolero camper vehicle they were travelling in rolled off the road into 200 meter deep gorge between Gumma and Antravali in Chopal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh on Monday wee hours.The people involved in the accident belonged to the Kafota area of Sirmaur district and were returning home from the pilgrimage to Churdhar peak in Sirmaur district in their vehicle bearing registration number (HR 71 3993) of Haryana.Sources said that during the wee hours on Monday, when the vehicle reached between Gumma and Antravali, driver lost control of the vehicle and it rolled into 200 meter deep gorge resulting into the death of seven people.Sources said that the injured were referred to Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Shimla for treatment.

SHIMLA: Seven members of a family were killed while five others were seriously injured when the Bolero camper vehicle they were travelling in rolled off the road into 200 meter deep gorge between Gumma and Antravali in Chopal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh on Monday wee hours.The people involved in the accident belonged to the Kafota area of Sirmaur district and were returning home from the pilgrimage to Churdhar peak in Sirmaur district in their vehicle bearing registration number (HR 71 3993) of Haryana.Sources said that during the wee hours on Monday, when the vehicle reached between Gumma and Antravali, driver lost control of the vehicle and it rolled into 200 meter deep gorge resulting into the death of seven people.Sources said that the injured were referred to Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Shimla for treatment. Those killed have been identified as Gulab Singh, Sedi Devi, Sushma Devi, Nisha, Raveena, Kailash all residents of Shauri village of Paonta Sahib tehsil, and Shivani of Koti Mashwa.Police have registered a case and kept the bodies for postmortem at Nerwa hospital. Shimla district administration has announced compensation of Rs 50,000 to the family of deceased persons while Rs 5,000 each would be given to the injured persons.

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