GILGIT, Jan 8: At least four people were killed and three were seriously injured on Monday near Heramoush, 60km from here, when a Toyota pick-up fell into a ravine on the Skardu-Gilgit road, police sources at the Susi checkpoint said.

The police said that Qurban Ali, Adil Hussain, Amir Shah and Abdul Rauf died on the spot and Akber Hussain, an army soldier, was missing. The driver, Arshad Hussain, Jawad Ali and Mushtaque Hussain were shifted to the Gilgit District Headquarters Hospital.