Five persons were injured when the car they were in, fell off the road into a 200-feet deep gorge near Bhataghat under Mussoorie police station area on Thursday night.
All were rescued after a five-hour long rescue operation undertaken by the police, firemen and ITBP personnel. Two persons received severe head injuries and were admitted in Doon Hospital while three who received minor injuries in this accident were admitted in local Government Community Hospital, said Mussoorie CO Jaya Baloni on Friday. The condition of all the injured persons is said to be out of danger.
Baloni said that police rushed to the site after being informed about the accident. The injured persons have been identified as Haridwar resident Nitin Malik, Gujarat natives Manish, Siddhartha, Arjun and Bhaulik Bhai. They had gone to Dhanaulti and the accident occurred around 10 pm at Bhataghat while they were returning from Dhanaulti.