SHIMLA, Sept 26:
Seven tourists were killed and 10 sustained injuries when a tempo traveller fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district, officials said on Monday.
President Droupadi Murmu, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Union minister Anurag Thakur, who hails from the state, expressed grief over the accident that took place at 8:30 pm on Sunday near Ghiyaghi in Banjar subdivision.
Five tourists died on the spot while two others succumbed to injuries at the hospital, the officials said.
The deceased were identified as Rishab Raj, Anshika Jain, Aditya and Ananmaya from Uttar Pradesh, and Saurabh, Priyanka Gupta and Kiran from Delhi, Kullu Superintendent of Police Gurdev Sharma said.
Officials had earlier said three of the dead were from IIT Varanasi. However, it was clarified later that they were among the injured.
Rahul Goswami, Kshitija Agarwal, Priyapal, Ishan Gupta from Haryana, driver Ajay Chauhan, Abhinav Singh, Nishtha Badoni from Uttar Pradesh, Rushav from New Delhi, Lakshaya from Rajasthan and Jai Aggarwal from Madhya Pradesh are those injured, he said.
BJP MLA from Banjar Surender Shourie streamed a video on Facebook at 12.45 am on Monday, informing people about the accident that occurred in his Assembly segment.
The injured were first taken to Banjar hospital from where they have been referred to Kullu regional hospital for treatment after being given first aid, the MLA said.
The Banjar MLA thanked the district administration and the locals for carrying out rescue operation despite darkness.
“I am deeply saddened by the news of the death of many people, including students, in a road accident in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. I express my deepest condolences to the families of the deceased and wish the injured a speedy recovery,” Murmu tweeted in Hindi.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said in a tweet in Hindi, “I am deeply saddened to hear the news of the death of seven people in a road accident in Kullu. May God give peace to the departed souls and strength to the bereaved families. Wishing speedy recovery to the injured.”
“The accident near Ghiyagi in Kullu is very sad. My condolences to the bereaved families. I wish the injured a speedy recovery. May God give place to the departed souls,” Anurag Thakur, who is the MP from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, tweeted. (PTI)
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