Kangra, Sep 9: At least eight jawans have been injured including one who has been critically injured in a road accident in Himachal Pradesh. According to a tweet by ANI, the road accident took place near Chattari in Kangra's Shahpur.  SDM Shahpur present at the site of the accident informed that all the injured ones have been rushed to the hospital.

Earlier today in a similar road accident in Haryana, six people lost their lives after a car carrying them collided with a truck in Rewari district.  Reports inform that the car hit a road divider, then a tree and finally crashed into a truck on Jaipur-Delhi national highway in Rewari.

In August, eleven people, including five women and three children lost their lives when the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge near Rahni nullah. Reports inform that the incident took place a few kilometres short of Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh. Details by Police inform that all the victims were members of two families and were travelling from Kullu to Pangi in Chamba district.

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