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Uttarakhand: 8 killed, 2 injured as vehicle falls into gorge in Tehri Garhwal
Eight killed, two injured as vehicle falls into deep gorge near Nail in Uttarakhand’s Tehri; rescue teams rush to spot.
Eight people were killed and two others were injured on Thursday after a vehicle lost control and plunged nearly 300 metres into a deep gorge near Nail on the Chamba-Koti motor road in the Chamba development block of Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal district, district disaster management officials said.
The two injured --- Uttam (30), a resident of Lostu Badiyargarh village, and Ankit (22) resident of Nelchami village in Ghansali --- are undergoing treatment at the district hospital in Baurari and are reported to be out of danger.
According to officials, two injured persons have been identified as , son of Pussu and , and, son of Asha Lal and a r. Both injured persons are currently undergoing treatment at the District Hospital in Baurari and are reported to be out of danger, officials said.
District disaster management officer of Tehri Garhwal, Brijesh Bhatt, said that a Max vehicle carrying around 10 passengers lost control and fell into the gorge near Nail village.
“Upon receiving information about the accident, teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), the health department and local police rushed to the spot and launched relief and rescue operations,” Bhatt said.
“All the occupants of the vehicle are residents of Ghansali, who were returning there from Rishikesh after performing funeral rites,” he added.
Rescue teams from the SDRF, local police and fire services carried out operations to retrieve the victims and evacuate the injured from the gorge. District Magistrate Nitika Khandelwal, Tehri MLA Kishore Upadhyay, and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shweta Choubey reached the accident site and supervised the rescue and relief operations.
Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed deep grief over the accident. He directed the district administration to ensure that those injured in the accident receive prompt and appropriate medical treatment and that there are no lapses in the ongoing relief and rescue operations. He also instructed officials to maintain continuous monitoring of the situation and wished for the speedy recovery of the injured, officials said.
