One man died while two others are reported to be gravely injured in an accident near Gular in Rishikesh on Tuesday. The three men including the driver, who has been proclaimed dead on the spot, were going in a truck from Roorkee to Srinagar.
The deceased has been identified as 46-year old Jabwar, resident of Dhandera in Roorkee while the injured are 35 year old Mohsin, resident of Rampur in Gangnahar, Roorkee and 36-year old Bobby Ali resident of Dhandera.
Mohsin was referred to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh while Bobby is undergoing treatment at the government hospital in Roorkee. As per the information provided by State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), they received information from Muni Ki Reti police station at 4:30 in the morning that a truck near Gular fell off the road into a 100 metre deep gorge. A nine-member team of SDRF then went to rescue the victims at the accident site.