Dehradun

Two persons dead, four others injured in separate accidents

PNS

Accident spree continuing unabated taking its toll in Dehradun district, two persons died and four others were injured in two separate road accidents on Friday. In Mussoorie, one person died and three others were injured when the car they were sitting in plunged into a deep gorge of 200 metres at Rikholi on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Devendra Singh Chauhan, aged 51, resident of Vasant Vihar while the injured were Roshan Rathore 29, Anushka Reki 23, Tanmay Pisolak, all natives of Maharashtra presently living in  Vasant Vihar. Police personnel from Cantt, Mussoorie and SDRF rushed to the site after being informed about the accident at around 3 am on Friday. The three injured persons were admitted at Doon Hospital. The body was sent for post-mortem at Coronation Hospital. The accident occurred as  the driver supposedly lost control over  the wheels while negotiating a sharp bend at Rikholi in Mussoorie.

In another incident in Patelnagar, one died and another person was seriously injured when a scooty  and a bike  had a head-on  collision at Shimlabypass area. The deceased was identified as active rider Amit aged 24, resident of Ghansali, Tehri while injured was the bike rider Shadav 21, resident of Sahaspur. The injured was admitted at Doon Hospital while the body was sent for post-mortem.