Fatal accidents continuing with the roads remaining in deplorable condition across rain-swept Uttarakhand, three persons have died in two separate road accidents reported from Almora and Dehradun districts over the past 24 hours.
In Almora district, two persons died when the car they were in fell into a 300- metre gorge in kosi river at Ranikhet along Almora-Haldwani Highway on Sunday evening.
The driver is learnt to have lost the control while negotiating a sharp bend. The deceased have been identified as Shahnawaz (30) and Mohammad Nadim Shamsi (29), both residents of Almora.
Police handed over bodies to the families after post mortem examination.
In another accident, in Dehradun district, a bike -borne person died after his bike collided with a bull at Malsi on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as Rajesh Jain, resident of lakkhibagh. He was reported to be coming home from his restaurant located around Kaulagarh area on Sunday night.He lost control over his two-wheeler after hitting a bull and fell on the ground. He was admitted in a private hospital where he died later. The body was handed over to the family after postmortem.