Dharamshala, Oct. 31 -- Three people were killed and two suffered serious injuries after the car they were travelling in veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Himachal's Chamba district, police said on Thursday.

The mishap occurred near Tepa in Churah subdivision on Wednesday evening. The deceased have been identified as Rajender Kumar, 24, and Pummy Kumar, 33, residents of Tepa and Sachin, 24 - all were the residents of Chamba.

The injured were rushed to the Tissa civil hospital from where they were referred to Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Government Medical College, Chamba. Immediately after the crash, locals rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation and informed the police. Soon a rescue team, comprising police an...