Nine persons have died while eight were injured in two separate road accidents reported from Dehradun and Tehri over the past 24 hours. Eight persons were died and seven others injured after a jeep fell into a over 200 metres deep- gorge at Shantakhal in Tehri district on Friday evening.
The driver of the jeep lost control of the vehicle near Santakhal on Ghansali-Akhori motor road and it fell into the gorge. The seven injured were admitted to community health centre at Pilkhi, few kilometers away from the spot of the accident. Seriously injured persons were referred to higher centre, it is learnt.
Tehri police officer said that 15 passengers sitting in the vehicle were traveling to Akhori from Ghansali. The local residents informed the police and they carried out rescue operation with the help of police team.
In another accident in Sahaspur, Dehradun a person died while another was injured when they were on the bike was hit by unidentified car at Rampur Chakrata Road, Sahaspur. They were going to Dehradun from Vikasnagar. Both Sandeep Kumar, native of Bijnor (UP) and Aadesh Kumar, native of Amroha (UP) were seriously injured in the accident that took place on Friday evening.
Police acted swiftly after being informed and they were admitted at Community Health Centre, Sahaspur. Sandeep Kumar was declared brought dead by doctors. Aadarsh Kumar is being given treatment in the hospital who is said to be out of danger.
Prashant Kumar, deceased’s brother has registered a complaint at police station Sahaspur and a case under sections 297/304 of IPC was registered in the police station against unidentified persons. The postmortem of Sandeep Kumar was conducted and body was handed over to the family.