5 of family killed in Shimla road mishap

people were killed and five others received injuries after their Bolero Camper jeep fell down a deep gorge near Antravali in Chopal of Shimla district.

Their jeep with Haryana number plate (HR 71 3993) met with an accident at around 2.30am when the passengers were returning from Churdhar, a pilgrim centre in Sirmaur district, and travelling towards Kafota.

All the passengers were from Kafota region.

Of the seven killed, five belonged to one family.

The deceased have been identified as Sandhi Devi, her daughters Sushma, Raveena, Nisha, and son Kailash. Shivani and Gulab Singh were the other casualties.

The injured people have been referred to IGMC, Shimla.

Shimla deputy commissioner Rohan Chand Thakur said compensation of ₹50,000 will be given to the family of the deceased persons and ₹5, 000 each to injured persons.

“All bodies have been recovered and have been taken to civil hospital,” he said.

A case has been registered and investigations are on to ascertain the cause of the accident, police said.

In April, 45 people were killed in a major accident in the same area, when a private bus fell into a river.

Two people, including the conductor, managed to escape by jumping off the bus belonging to an Uttarakhand operator as it skidded off the road and fell into the Tons river, a tributary of the Yamuna.