Five of family among 6 dead after vehicle falls into gorge in Himachal's Chamba

The deceased were identified as Rajesh Kumar, 40, a government school teacher, his wife, Hanso, 36, their daughter Aarti, 17, and son Deepak, 15.

Six people, including five members of a family, were killed when a boulder hit their car, causing it to veer off the road and roll down a 500-metre gorge in the Chanvas area of Churah sub division in Chamba district on Thursday night, police said.

The remains of the car that was hit by a boulder before it rolled down a gorge in the Chanvas area of Churah sub division in Chamba district. (HT Photo) (HT_PRINT)

The deceased were identified as Rajesh Kumar, 40, a government school teacher from Bulwas village, his wife, Hanso, 36, their daughter Aarti, 17, and son Deepak, 15. Also among the dead were Hanso’s brother Hemraj, 37, who was a junior commissioned officer (JCO) in the army and had come home on leave a fortnight ago.

A fellow villager who had taken a lift from the family, Rakesh Kumar, 44, died on the spot.

Rajesh Kumar was a teacher at Banikhet, where his children also studied. The family was returning to Bulwas to celebrate Rakshabandhan and was about a kilometre away from their house when the accident occurred.

Hemraj was going to drop his sister, brother-in-law, nephew and niece to their house.

A case was registered.