Three youngsters were killed in an accident when the vehicle they were travelling in plunged into a deep gorge near Dhanaulti on Mussoorie- Suvakholi road on Saturday. The accident occurred in the wee hours of the day, but the police and administrative officers reached the spot much later after they were informed by the local people.
The in-charge of the Mussoorie police station, Bhawana Kaithola said that the police had received information about the accident at around 7.30 am after which a team of police and fire brigade rushed to the spot.
The place where the accident occurred is said to be a blind curve. After an operation which lasted for three hours, the police extracted three bodies from under the gorge and one badly injured person was rushed to the Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) Hospital.
It is learnt that four friends all in their 20s were heading to Dhanaulti from Delhi to spend the weekend.
Their plan went horribly wrong when the I-20 car they were travelling fell into a deep gorge while negotiating a steep curve at Tambidhar near Suwakholi. The deceased have been identified as Suraj Rawat, Prince Tanwar and Mannu while Rahul Rawat was the injured.
All the four friends were residents of Laxmi Nagar area in Delhi.