Five persons died and a child was seriously injured in two separate accidents reported from Dehradun district over the past 24 hours. In the first mishap, four persons died and a child was seriously injured when the Uttarkashi-bound car they were in slipped into a deep gorge at Kaplani village, around 10 km away from Mussoorie, Dehradun, on Friday morning. The Mussoorie police swung into rescue and relief operation upon being informed by the locals. The bodies were recovered and the injured child was admitted in a local hospital. The deceased were identified as Suraj (38), his wife Punam (36), his brother Ashish (32) and his son Sharya (6), all residents of Uttarkashi.
A police officer said that five passengers were on board in the car which met the accident, adding that the driver losing control at a crossing due to dense fog had resulted in the car slipping into a deep gorge at Kaplani village on Mussoorie Chamba highway.
In another incident, a Nepali national Raju died after being knocked by a bike, speeding from the back side in Dalanwala area, on Thursday night. The bike rider was also injured.
Police admitted the injured at a local hospital where Raju succumbed. The body was sent for postmortem, said Dalanwala Police Station in-charge Anil Kumar Joshi.