In a tragic accident, nine people-all pilgrims from Rajkot in Gujarat-died and five others were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and rolled down a deep gorge on the Rishikesh-Gangotri National Highway in Uttarkashi district on Friday afternoon. The accident occurred between Sunagar and Bhukki on the highway at around 4 pm on Friday when a tempo traveller carrying the Gujarati pilgrims slipped into a gorge. The police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel were rushed to the site of the accident to undertake rescue and relief operation.
The Superintendent of Police, Uttarkashi Dadanpal informed The Pioneer that the injured have been sent to the district hospital Uttarkashi and Bhatwadi hospital. He, further, said that all the passengers were from Gujarat while the tempo traveller was of a local.