New Delhi, India (CNN) -- A truck carrying wedding guests fell into a deep gorge Thursday in India's mountain state of Himachal Pradesh, killing at least 33 passengers, police said.
The wreck occurred shortly after midnight in the state's Chamba district, Additional Police Superintendent Diwakar Sharma said.
Nine people were injured in the crash, he said.
Emergency crews at the scene Thursday afternoon trying to pull out the truck from the 300-foot gorge.
Thursday's accident came hours after a van plunged into a ditch in the same district, Sharma said.
Nine people died in that crash, which happened Wednesday night, according to police.
Fatal road crashes are common in India, with many of them blamed on reckless driving.
According to officials, more than 125,000 people die every year in road crashes in the country.
