Seven people were killed and six others were injuries in four separate road accidents in Sirmaur and Shimla districts of Himachal Pradesh during last 24 hours.
Three persons were killed when their hatchback car rolled into a deep gorge near Haripur Dhar village, about 100 km from Nahan today, police said.
The occupants of the car were on their way to village Kulag from village Korag in Sangrah tehsil of Sirmaur to attend a wedding.
There were four occupants in the car and one of them received multiple injuries who was admitted to Dr Y S Parmar Medical college, Nahan.
Rajesh (24), resident of village Jarwa, and Kapil (27) resident of village Kulag, were killed on the spot, while injured Baldev Singh [35] succumbed to his injuries at the hospital in Nahan, said P L Joshi, the station house officer at Sangrah police station.
In another incident, two persons were killed on the spot while four others, including a woman and three children, suffered injuries after their car rolled 200 metres down into a gorge near Devidhar on Shimla-Mandi road.
Sources said the driver of the vehicle lost control while negotiating a sharp curve, causing the accident.
Six persons were travelling in the ill-fated car, police officials said.
The injured were hospitalised, they said.
In the third incident, which occurred at village Sainwala on Nahan-Kala Amb road, a girl was killed after being hit by a speeding truck, a police official said.
Her brother, a student of class XII, also suffered injuries in the accident, the official said, adding that the truck driver fled the scene with the vehicle.
The boy is hospitalised, said Yogender Singh, the station house officer of Kala Amb police station.
One person was killed on the spot and another critically injured when their car rolled into a Khad near bus stand in village Bhajond, on Renuka-Sataun road, late last night, about 60 km from here.
Police said the deceased has been identified as Dinesh (21), a local resident, while injured Manoj was rushed to a medical facility in Paonta area.
A case has been registered in this regard by Paonta police.
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