India, Aug. 12 -- Four people were killed and nine others injured when a vehicle carrying them plunged into a gorge near Gatlog in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district, police said on Wednesday.

The accident occurred late Tuesday night when the victims were returning from a hospital with the body of a man after he was declared dead at a hospital in Sangrah following a heart attack, they said.

The injured were shifted to the Medical College in Nahan, and the condition of four of them is critical, the police said.

According to the police, family members and villagers were bringing back the body of Jagdish Sharma, who died of a heart attack.

Those who died in the accident were identified as Rajendra (37) and Des Raj (23), residents of Arl...