Three persons were reported to have died and two were injured when the car they were travelling in from Joshimath to Nandprayag met with a mishap on Monday morning.
According to information received, a private car with five people aboard was being driven from Joshimath to Nandprayag when the driver is believed to have lost control of the vehicle near Pakhi. The out of control car is reported to have veered off the road and falling down the mountainside which resulted in the death of two persons on the spot while the third person died after being taken to the district hospital. The two remaining passengers who surivived the mishap with injuries were taken to the government hospital in Gopeshwar. The persons who died in the road accident have been identified as Darvan Bhandari, Kalawati Devi and Pushpa Devi while the two injured persons have been identified as Manju Devi and Atul.