Accident took place while group from Ghansali was returning after attending a funeral in Rishikesh. Two people in the vehicle survived with injuries.
Eight people were killed, and two were injured after a vehicle fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal on Thursday.
According to police, at around 3 pm, the vehicle fell about 300 metres down into a gorge. The injured were taken to District Hospital Baurari, where they are undergoing treatment and are out of danger. A health team from CHC Chamba has been dispatched for postmortem procedures.
All the occupants of the vehicle are reported to be from Ghansali. They were returning to Ghansali after attending a funeral in Rishikesh, said State Disaster Response Force officials.
Seven of the eight people killed in the accident were identified as Asha Lal (40), Vijay Lal (36), Prem Lal (60), Mahavir (60), Shiv Singh (35), Sehat Lal (65), and Lakshman (33). One of the dead was yet to be identified.
The two injured, Uttam (30), a resident of Lostu Badiyargarh village, and Ankit (22), a resident of Nelchami village in Ghansali, are undergoing treatment at the district hospital.
The pickup truck was heading towards the Chamba–Koti road, and upon reaching Nail village, around 3 hours away from Ghansali, their destination, the driver purportedly lost control at a curve, causing the vehicle to fall off the road. The driver is among the dead.
Police said they were investigating the cause of the accident and looking into whether the driver was speeding at the time of the accident.
