Toll of accidents mounting alarmingly, at least seven persons, including six of a marriage party, have died and many others were injured in two separate road accidents in Pauri and Uttarkashi districts over the past 24 hours.
In Uttarkashi, six persons were killed while four others were injured when the vehicles they were in fell into a deep gorge at around 10.00 pm on Sunday.
The deceased have been identified as Anand Singh, Devendra Chauhan, Gulab Singh, Balbeer Singh and Beer Singh. Another one was yet to be identified during the time of filing this report.
They were all from Pratapgarh in Tehri Garhwal district, police said, adding that there were ten persons-all members of a marriage party- in the car which was going to Uttarkashi. Senior administrative officers rushed to the spot and monitored the rescue and relief operation conducted by the local police and SDRF. The injured were rushed to a local hospital, police informed.
In Pauri district, one pedestrian died while three others were injured when they were knocked down by a speeding car at Nagarpalika crossing in Srinagar on Sunday. The accident had occurred at around 9.15 pm. Police rushed to the spot and all the four injured were admitted at the local hospital where one died in course of treatment.
Two of the injured were stated to be serious. Police said that the accident might have been caused by over speeding of the car going to Rudraprayag from Devprayag. The car driver Manish Kumar, resident of Ansari, Rudraprayag who had been arrested on Sunday night was sent to jail after being produced in the court on Monday. The deceased was identified as Kamlesh alias Kalu, resident of Ufalda, Srinagar. The seriously injured- Vijaylakshmi alias Mamta of Tehri and Sohan Singh of Pauri- were referred to HIHT hospital, Rishikesh. One Sakshi Rawat who had received minor injury was released from the hospital around noon on Monday. A case under sections of 279/337/338/304a of IPC has been registered against the accused driver in Srinagar police station, said Narendra Singh Bisht, in-charge of the police station.