Mandi, June 2 -- In a devastating road accident early Sunday morning, five men lost their lives and one sustained serious injuries when a Mahindra pickup vehicle, loaded with tent equipment, collided with the railing of a bridge and plunged into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district.
The incident occurred near the IIT Kamand bridge in the Katola region around 9 am. The vehicle, bearing a Punjab registration number (PB02EG-4543), was en route from Amritsar to IIT Kamand, transporting tent supplies for an event. Six people were travelling in the vehicle - four seated on top of the loaded material in the open rear, and two in the front cabin.
According to eyewitnesses, the pickup truck veered off course and hit the bridge railing. The...