From correspondents in Himachal Pradesh, India, 08:00 PM IST

Four people were killed when a car in which they were travelling fell into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district, police said Saturday.

The accident took place Friday night near Chargaon village, 80 km from here, police officer L.M. Sharma told IANS over telephone from Rohru.

The victims were identified as Duni Chand, Ashok Kumar, Ajay Kumar and Surendra Singh. All four were residents of Shimla town.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)