According to the police, a car carrying four children was struck by rocks and stones at 6 Mile in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district, killing a six-year-old boy and injuring three others.
Four family members, including two children, were in their car on Friday when boulders and stones fell on it, according to officials.
All four were transported urgently to the zonal hospital in Mandi, where a six-year-old boy’s head injury was determined to be fatal. Another child had an eye injury, but was deemed to be safe, according to reports.
Their father, who was driving the car, and the mother were also injured in the incident, officials said while adding that the family is from Sundernagar of Mandi district, and they were coming from Kullu.
Meanwhile, the Shimla-Kalka road on the National Highway-5 was shut after a landslide in the State’s Solan district in the early hours of Friday.
This road was opened on Thursday after one week.
According to officials, over 200 roads across the state are still closed due to heavy rainfall and subsequent incidents of landslides and falling of debris from hill.
“There are over 200 roads closed in the state and restoration is underway, over 200 electricity supply schemes are also chamfered. Our teams and officers are in the field,” State Revenue and Horticulture Minister, Jagat Singh Negi said on Friday.
