Shimla, April 5 -- Seven persons lost their lives while 16 were injured in different road mishaps in Himachal, police said on Saturday.

The the first accident that took place in Chamba on late Friday night, one person was killed and another was injured when the pickup jeep they were travelling in plunged into a 400-metre gorge at Sunku Tapri when a stretch of Bharmour-Thalla road caved in Bharmour subdivision.

Deceased has been identified as Madan Lal, of Pansei village and the injured, his nephew, Manoj Kumar sustained serious injuries.

Police said that the victims were travelling from Bharmour to Pansei when the road caved in causing the driver to lose control.

The injured has been shifted to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Government Medic...