2 tourists die in Kullu tree fall; 5 killed as pickup falls into gorge

KULLU: A mother-daughter tourist duo from Punjab's Ludhiana was fatally crushed after a Deodar tree fell on them on the bank of the Parvati river near Kasol in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Saturday afternoon. Avinash Kaur (56) and her daughter Nishu Verma (37) were rushed to Kullu government hospital, where they died in the evening.

In another accident, five people from Punjab were killed when their speeding pickup truck crashed through the railings of a bridge and plunged into a 100-metre-deep gorge in Mandi district's Kamand on Sunday morning.

Four people sitting at the rear of the goods carrier, which was transporting tentage from Amritsar to ITI Mandi in Kamand, were thrown into the gorge due to the impact of the collision. The driver of the vehicle has been admitted to a government hospital in Mandi.