SHIMLA: Two people lost their lives when their vehicle was hit by a
landslide
in Jubbal area of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh. Debris along with boulders rolled down a hill at Sanel on Sunday afternoon and an
SUV
was trapped under it, police said.
The debris was removed with the help of earth-moving machines. Bodies of two men were extricated from the smashed SUV and sent for postmortem to Jubbal hospital, police said.
Police said the SUV was buried under the landslide along the Kurdu-Sanel stretch of Hatkoti-Paonta Sahib national highway.
Vishambar, 50, owner of the SUV, from Palakan village in Rohru tehsil, and Satish, 52, from Ghara village in Rohru tehsil, were killed on the spot.
State education minister Rohit Thakur expressed grief and said all possible assistance is being provided to families of the deceased.
On getting information about the accident, officials of the district administration went to the site for relief and rescue operations, Thakur said, adding that the highway has now been reopened for traffic.
