At least five people are reported to have died after a bus carrying about 26 persons fell off the road into a gorge near Mohnari area of Almora district on Thursday. Expressing grief at the loss of life, chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has directed immediate provision of Rs 2,00,000 each to the bereaved families.
According to information provided by the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) a Garhwal Motor Owners Union (GMOU) bus number UK 04 PA 126, was plying from Bhatrojkhan to Bhikiyasain when it fell of the road into a gorge at about 3:15 PM near Mohnari in Bhikiyasain Tehsil of Almora district.
A total of 26 people were in the bus at the time of the mishap. Five of the passengers were killed on the spot, three sustained serious injuries while 18 others were injured.
The three seriously injured passenger were being taken to the Sushila Tiwari Government medical college hospital in Haldwani.
Of the remaining injured persons, four were taken by ambulance to the hospital in Ranikhet, two were taken by their family members in private vehicles while the remaining 12 injured were admitted to the primary health centre at Bhatrojkhan.