Shimla, June 26 -- Six people were killed after a pickup vehicle carrying milk plunged into a deep gorge in the Urman area under Taklech police outpost in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district on Friday, officials said.

The accident occurred when the pickup vehicle bearing registration number HP06B-2420 met with an accident and fell into a deep gorge. All six occupants of the vehicle died on the spot in the tragic mishap.

Soon after receiving information about the incident, police, along with the local administration, rushed to the accident site. With the assistance of residents, rescue teams carried out operations and retrieved the bodies from the gorge. The bodies were later shifted to a nearby hospital for post-mortem examination.

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