One girl died and 28 persons were injured- 13 of them seriously injured, when a bus plying from Satpuli to Kotdwar fell into gorge near the forest rest house on the Pauri- Satpuli- Kotdwar national highway in Pauri district on the weekend. Pauri district magistrate Sushil Kumar said that the lansdowne sub divisional magistrate has been made the inquiry officer for the magisterial inquiry of the accident of GMOU bus UA-12-7226 which occurred on Saturday near Satpulimalli. The district magistrate instructed inquiry officer to submit the inquiry report within a duration of 15 days. Notably this is the third road accident on the Pauri-Satpuli national highway in the duration of last four days. Prior to this a car fell into gorge near Kulhar bend between Satpuli and Gumkhal on Friday, in which three persons lost their life on Friday. The family was going to attend a Pooja ceremony when the mishap occured.
According to sources, the GMOU bus was plying from Pauri to Kotdwar on Saturday with 29 passengers when it fell into a gorge near forest rest house, three kilometres from Satpuli. The mishap occured when the bus driver was reportedly giving side to another vehicle. Ten year old girl Sneha died on the spot, while other 28 persons were injured. After the primary treatment in Satpuli hospital, the seriously injured were sent to the the government hospital in Kotdwar, from where five of the seriously injured persons were referred to a higher centre.