NewzVille Desk
In Himachal Pradesh, eight tourists died, as a tourist vehicle plunged into a deep gorge in Chamba district. The accident took place on the Bairagarh-Sach Pass-Killar road in the remote Churah subdivision.
Police said a car carrying tourists fell into a steep gorge around midnight on the 29th of May. Following an intensive search and rescue operation carried out under difficult terrain conditions, authorities recovered all eight bodies from the accident site. The deceased include seven tourists from Chhattisgarh. The driver of the vehicle also lost his life in the incident.
According to police, the tourists had arrived in Himachal Pradesh for sightseeing and were staying at a hotel in Dalhousie.
They had left for Sach Pass on the 29th of May but did not return by evening. The hotel management informed the police, following which a search operation was launched.
During the search, the vehicle was found deep inside the gorge along the Bairagarh-Sach Pass-Killar road. Chamba Superintendent of Police, Vijay Saklani, said the accident site was located in a highly inaccessible area, making rescue operations extremely challenging.
Police have launched an investigation to ascertain the cause of the accident.
