Two persons lost their lives when the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off road near Sahia in Dehradun distirct on Sunday morning. The Multi Utility Vehicle (MUV) was travelling on Sahia-Samalta route and was barely four kilometres from Sahia when it deviated from the road and fell ten metres down. The accident occurred at 9 am; local people and police rushed to rescue the accident victims.
Officer in-charge of Sahia police station Ritu Raj Singh Rawat told The Pioneer that in the accident Manohar (70 years) of Nagau village and Baru Dutt (50 years) of Chawa village lost their lives. He said that 19 persons were travelling in the vehicle. The injured were rushed to the Sahia Community Health Centre (CHC) from where seven were referred to Dehradun.
The eyewitnesses account suggest that the place where the vehicle veered off the road is pretty safe strech. “The vehicle barely fell ten metres from the road which is the reason of less casualities. Nineteen people were travelling in the vehicle in violation of norms but overloaded passenger vehciles are very common in this part,’’ said one local resident.
The Uttarakhand Governor Dr K K Paul has expressed deep grief at the accident. He offered prayers for the peace of the departed souls and for sought strength to the bereaved families. The Governor also wished a speedy recovery to the injured.