Dharamshala, Aug. 6 -- One person was killed and four others were injured after the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a massive boulder that rolled down a hillside on the Chamba-Bharmour highway in Himachal's Chamba district, police said on Wednesday.

The deceased Makkhan Singh, 40, of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab along with four others was en route to Bharmour to undertake the Manimahesh yatra when the mishap occurred near Mehla at around 3 am, they added.

The boulder shattered the SUV's sunroof and struck Singh. He was taken to Pt Jawaharlal Nehru Government Medical College and Hospital, Chamba, where doctors declared him brought dead.

The body was sent for a post-mortem examination, and family members of the victim have be...