India, Dec. 17 -- A group of tourists in Himachal Pradesh's Dalhousie narrowly escaped what could have been a big tragedy as the vehicle they were travelling in rolled backwards and down a slop on a hill road on Wednesday.

A now-viral footage from a CCTV camera near the scene of the incident showed tourists climbing onto the traveller, which is parked on the side of the road.

The video shows the suddenly starting to roll backward, prompting the passengers to get out frantically and falling on the road.

The van then starts falling from one side of the hill slope, but gets stuck on the edge because of a tree. Following this, the passengers who had earlier alighted are seen helping those in the van in getting out. Some people also fell to...