In another road accident, at least three persons, including a French national, died and 16 others were injured when the jeep they were travelling in plunged into a deep gorge at Silayiband, around 25 km from Barkot, on Wednesday. The incident occurred about 2.30 pm between Barkot and Yamnotri.
local police, fire service personnel and State Disaster Response Force personnel were rushed to the incident site. Deceased and injured persons have not been identified so far, said Uttarkashi SP Badan Pal. It is learnt that the injured were rushed to the local hospital. The death toll might rise further as the conditions of some of the injured were critical, Pal added.