Shimla, Jan. 10 -- At least 14 people, including the driver and a minor girl, were killed and more than 52 injured after a private bus plunged into a 100-metre-deep gorge near Haripurdhar in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district on Friday, police said.

They added that the accident took place when the bus travelling from Shimla to Kupvi veered off the road and plunged into the gorge down the road and landed upside down near Haripurdhar village, around 95 kilometres from the district headquarters, Nahan. The bus was carrying at over 60 passengers, police officers said.

While six people died on the spot, eight others succumbed to injuries during treatment, the officers said. Several injured passengers are said to be in critical condition, an...