Four persons died in two separate incidents related to the rain in parts of the State.
Three persons died when the bus they were sitting in fell into a deep gorge after a boulder loosened from the mountains due to rain fell on it at lKD Road Cheel Dhang, near Kimari in Mussoorie on Tuesday.
The accident occurred at around 8.15 am around 10 kms away from Mussoorie. Upon being informed, a team led by the police station officer in-charge rushed to the accident site. Along with the local residents, police recovered two bodies while two injured persons were sent to the local hospital. One of them succumbed at the hospital later. The injured person under treatment is identified as Sukhpal Singh (30) while the deceased have been identified as Mussoorie residents Manoj Singh 33, Vikram 27 and Suresh Pal 36. Bodies were sent for post-mortem examination, police informed. In Pithoragarh district, a Nepali national identified as Ramesh Bhandari died while another Jaman Singh was injured after debris fell on the tent they were in at Chalakhliya on Tuesday. Police said that while Bhandari, a labourer, died on the spot the injured was admitted at the local hospital.