Four persons died in three separate road accidents reported from Nainital, Haridwar and Tehri districts on Tuesday.
In Haldwani, a bus carrying about two dozen passengers which was going to Ramnagar overturned to save a bike which suddenly came before it.
The bus driver lost the control, resulting in the accident.
The bike-borne person Munnawar, native of Purnia (Bihar), died on the spot. He was an employee of a local hotel in Ramnagar.
A passenger of the bus also died in the accident. The deceased was identified as Neeraj Bisht, resident of Ramnagar. All the injured persons were rushed to the hospital.
A team led by CO Swatantra Kumar reached the spot and plunged into rescue operation. Bodies were sent for postmortem.
In Roorkee (Haridwar), a 40-year-old Indar who was sitting by the roadside was knocked down by a speeding car. He died on the spot. Police arrested the car driver on the charge of being intoxicated while driving the car. The police impounded the car too.
In Devprayag of Tehri district, one Manoj Singh, resident of Rudraprayag, died in a road accident when the mini-truck he was driving plunged into a deep gorge while negotiating a sharp band at Bheet village on Tuesday.
He was transporting vegetables from Jwalapur to Rudraprayag, said a Tehri –based police officer.