Overview
- A violent pre-monsoon storm Saturday snapped a hillside pine that struck a moving Bolero in Kullu’s Ani subdivision, killing four teachers and injuring three.
- The crash occurred around 5 pm near Bali Ol on the Shamshar-Gugra road in a zone battered by strong pre-monsoon winds all week.
- The Bolero carried six female teachers and a driver who were heading home from school.
- Local residents pulled all seven from the ravine and sent the injured to Ani Hospital as police joined the rescue despite high winds and rain.
- Police named the victims as Sneh Lata, Banti, Usha and Seema, with post-mortems pending before release to families.