Three seriously injured out of the 12 persons who met a road accident at Tharali in Chamoli district on Monday were airlifted by a chopper to Dehradun to be admitted at Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS), Jolly Grant. A police official said that the car which was going to Tharali from Bunga plunged into 20 meter- deep gorge at around 9 am while it was passing Kesh village at Tharali on Monday.
local police and revenue police conducted rescue and relief operation and the injured were rushed to a local hospital. However, later, three of them- identified as Bhaguli Devi 64, Girdhari lal 61, Mahaveer Singh 32- were airlifted to Dehradun and were admitted at Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS), Jolly Grant by a helicopter.
Besides, one person died and another was injured in two separate road accidents reported from Udham Singh Nagar district over the past 24 hours.
At Jaspur, one person died when he lost control over the bike he was riding while negotiating pothole on national highway and was crushed by a tractor. The deceased was identified as Naresh Singh, 55, resident of Dharmpur, Jaspur. A girl, resident of Kalagarh, Jaspur, received a head injury when the scooter she was riding lost control on national highway near Soot Mill Colony.