14 dead as vehicle falls into gorge in Uttarakhand
Dehradun Feb 22 PTI Fourteen people returning from a wedding including five women and two children died and two were injured when a vehicle fell into a deep gorge on the Sukhidhang-Dandaminar road in Uttarakhands Champawat district police said on TuesdayTheir bodies were recovered from the gorge after a nearly 11-hour-long rescue operation Champawat Superintendent of Police SP Devendra Pincha told PTI from the spotFive women a four-year-old girl and a teenaged boy are among the dead he said The deceased also include a mother-daughter duo the SP saidAll of them died on the spot as the gorge was deep and the car was badly damaged in the accident on Monday night he saidThe two injured are being treated at hospitals in Tanakpur and Champawat the SP saidThe authorities were informed about the accident around 3 am on Tuesday after which rescue teams were rushed to the spot an official at the Champawat district disaster management office saidThe vehicle was returning from a wedding in Tanakpur to Danda Kaknai village when the accident occurred he saidPrime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief at the loss of lives in the accident and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund for the next of kin of those killed and Rs 50000 for the injuredChief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami condoled the deaths in the accidentFive more lives were lost in separate accidents in Pauri and Tehri districts on Tuesday the police saidThree teachers were killed near Kotdwar when the vehicle in which they were travelling fell into a gorge while two people died when their car fell into a gorge near Gooler in Tehri district PTI ALM IJT
Dehradun Feb 22 PTI Fourteen people returning from a wedding including five women and two children died and two were injured when a vehicle fell into a deep gorge on the Sukhidhang-Dandaminar road in Uttarakhands Champawat district police said on TuesdayTheir bodies were recovered from the gorge after a nearly 11-hour-long rescue operation Champawat Superintendent of Police SP Devendra Pincha told PTI from the spotFive women a four-year-old girl and a teenaged boy are among the dead he said The deceased also include a mother-daughter duo the SP saidAll of them died on the spot as the gorge was deep and the car was badly damaged in the accident on Monday night he saidThe two injured are being treated at hospitals in Tanakpur and Champawat the SP saidThe authorities were informed about the accident around 3 am on Tuesday after which rescue teams were rushed to the spot an official at the Champawat district disaster management office saidThe vehicle was returning from a wedding in Tanakpur to Danda Kaknai village when the accident occurred he saidPrime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief at the loss of lives in the accident and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund for the next of kin of those killed and Rs 50000 for the injuredChief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami condoled the deaths in the accidentFive more lives were lost in separate accidents in Pauri and Tehri districts on Tuesday the police saidThree teachers were killed near Kotdwar when the vehicle in which they were travelling fell into a gorge while two people died when their car fell into a gorge near Gooler in Tehri district PTI ALM IJT
