Hill Post Three dead, one missing as vehicle falls into Ravi River in Himachal

Three dead, one missing as vehicle falls into Ravi River in Himachal

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November 27, 2009

Swaran Deepak Raina

Chamba: Three persons died and one was reported missing when a pick-up vehicle carrying poultry from Nurpur in Kangra district to Bharmaur rolled off the road and fell into Ravi River, early today morning at Kharamukh, 48 Km from Chamba,

Kishan Chand Bhatia, SHO of Bharmaur police station said that information of the accident reached them at 7 a.m. and a police party rushed to the spot immediately.

Three bodies were recovered and one is reported missing, said Bhatia. Search for the missing person was on and it was suspected that he had been washed away by the river flow, he added.

The dead have been identified as Ravinder 30 years from Sahni Khairian,Nurpur District Kangra, Gulab Singh 40 years from Dinka Bharmour and Bharat Kapoor, 30 years from village Garima, Bharmour.

After a post mortem the bodies were handed over to the relatives of the deceased.