Shimla, Oct. 7 -- A tourist from Maharashtra was killed while her brother seriously injured after the motorcycle they were travelling on collided with an oil tanker near Jeori, about 20 km from Rampur, in Shimla district, police said on Monday.

The deceased has been identified as Rachna Sonali, 44, and the injured has been identified as Chirag Kenima, 42, both from Mumbai.

The incident occurred on Monday on National Highway 5 near Jeori, close to a petrol pump, when the motorcycle they were riding collided with an oil tanker, resulting in the woman's head being crushed by the tire of the tanker.

According to police, the siblings were part of a tourist group travelling from Shimla to Kalpa in Kinnaur. They were riding at the end of a co...