Forty-three people, including 34 members of a marriage party, were killed in two accidents in the remote Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday.
A truck carrying the marriage party veered off the Sohra-Sherpur road in the Dalhousie sub-division in the early hours and plunged into a gorge, killing 34 people and injuring eight others.
In the other incident, all nine persons were killed when a pick-up van fell into a gorge at Thala Sirhari village of the Bharmaur sub-division.
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Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said a probe would be conducted.
Making a suo motu statement in the Vidhan Sabha, Transport Minister Mahendra Singh Thakur said a truck carrying 40 members of a marriage party plunged into a gorge at Kakirya near Sherpur.
Mr. Thakur said a magisterial probe would be conducted as there were reports that the accidents were caused by human negligence.
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Assembly Speaker Tulsi Ram, who represents Bharmau of Chamba in the Assembly, said the kin of the victims should be given a compensation of Rs.1 lakh each.