SHIMLA : Seven tourists, including three IIT Varanasi students, were killed and 10 sustained injuries as a tempo traveller fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district on Sunday evening, officials said.
The accident took place at 8:30 pm near Ghiyaghi in Banjar subdivision, they said.
Five tourists died on the spot while two others succumbed to injuries at the hospital.
The deceased were identified as Saurabh, Priyanka Gupta, Kiran, a resident of Delhi, Rishab Raj, and Anshika Jain, Aditya, and Ananmaya from Uttar Pradesh, Kullu superintendent of police Gurdev Sharma said.
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