Four persons died on the spot when the car they were in fell into a deep gorge along the Dhondiyal-Chaprath-Basara motor road of lansdowne tehsil in Pauri district late on Wednesday evening. The where the mishap took place is located in a remote area of the lansdowne tehsil. The Pauri senior superintendent of police Mukhtar Mohsin said that four persons died when an Alto car number UK12-7072 fell down the roadside into a gorge. Those killed in the mishap have been identified as driver Virendra Singh, Anita Devi, Nandan Singh and Akshaya – all residents of Kotdwar. The bodies of the deceased were sent to Kotdwar for post mortem on Thursday. The accident occurred near the Bargaon Sidhar bend when the car was being driven from Barai towards Dhondiyal. After hearing the noise of a vehicle falling down the slope, the locals informed the police and administration about the same, after which the police team reached the accident site after 8 PM on Wednesday along with the lansdowne Tehsildar with the recovery operation ending late in the night. local sources state that the accident victims had come to Barai area to attend a marriage ceremony.