Shimla, May 5 (PTI) Four members of a family were killed after their car fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district, a senior state disaster management official said on Thursday.

The four were returning to their home after attending a wedding function when the accident took place at 11.30 pm on Wednesday, state disaster management director Sudesh Mokhta said.

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The deceased hailed from Bholad village in Shimla district.

The bodies have been taken to civil hospital Rohru for postmortem.

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