13 killed as falling boulders crush moving vehicle in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul-Spiti

3 min readShimlaJul 24, 2026 09:23 PM IST Earlier, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had directed the DC to reach the incident site and supervise the rescue and relief operations. (File photo) All 13 occupants of a taxi, including a six-month-old child, were killed as massive boulders suddenly fell from a hill and crushed the moving vehicle in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul and Spiti on Friday, police said. The overloaded taxi, a Tata Sumo, also caught fire in the incident that took place near Kuddu Nala on the Udaipur-Killad road, they said. While Deputy Commissioner Lahaul and Spiti Kiran Badana confirmed that 13 people have died in the accident, local MLA Anuradha Rana said 10 victims deceased belonged to Pangi in Chamba district, while three victims, including a woman and her six-month-