Overview

• Police say preliminary investigations indicate the driver lost control and the vehicle struck the railings of a bridge in Mandi district
• Three victims have been identified as Sukhvinder, Umesh and Sagar from Punjab with two others still awaiting identification
• The injured driver is receiving treatment in hospital and authorities have sent the five bodies for postmortem
• Sukhu has ordered financial assistance for bereaved families and assured the best medical care for the surviving worker
• The crash adds to a recent pattern of fatal highway accidents in Himachal Pradesh that has prompted renewed concerns over road safety conditions