Two people died and three were injured as a car fell into a deep gorge in Shimla

Shimla: Two people were killed and three others injured when a car fell into a 200-metre deep gorge in Rohru subdivision of Shimla district, police said on Wednesday. The accident took place on Tuesday night on the Samarkot-Sungri link road when the victims were travelling from Rohru to Shimla, police said. According to police, the driver lost control over the vehicle, causing it to fall into the gorge. Police said the victims have been identified as Lucky Sharma (25), a resident of Bhojpur village in Bilaspur district, and Ishant (23), a resident of Navgaon village in Arki in Solan district.

They said the three injured – Bharat, Pankaj and Rakesh – are undergoing treatment at the civil hospital in Rohru. Police said the bodies of the deceased will be handed over to their families after post-mortem. Shimla Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi said a case has been registered under sections 281 (rash driving), 125 (A) (rash driving and negligently causing hurt) and 106 (1) (rash driving or negligently causing death) of the Indian Penal Code (BNS). Further investigation is underway, he said.