Eight people were killed after an SUV plunged into a deep gorge in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, police said on Monday, reported PTI.

The accident took place in the Ambenali Ghat section on the Poladpur–Mahabaleshwar road between 5 am and 6 am on Sunday. The vehicle was located in the gorge on Monday morning after relatives of the victims alerted the police when the group failed to reach their destination in Satara district.