In a road accident on National Highway 94 at Rishikesh-Gangotri highway four Kanwadias lost their lives as debris from a mountain fell on their vehicle. The Kanwadias were reportedly coming back from Gangotri to Rishikesh when the incident happened.
In another road accident on Sunday in Chamba tehsil of Tehri District a car fell off the mountain into a 150 metre gorge killing two people on the spot. The three injured including a three year old boy were sent to the hospital. Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has expressed grief at the loss of life in these two accidents in Tehri district.
Station House Officer (SHO) of Narendranagar police station Manish Upadhyay said, “The incident happened at around 12:45 pm. Twelve Kanwadias were coming from Gangotri when boulders from the mountain fell on their vehicle. The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), local police from Narendranagar police station, one team from the army stationed in Narendranagar and local disaster management teams went for the rescue mission.
The injured were first taken to the primary health centre and then referred to AIIMS Rishikesh. All the Kanwadias are from Rewari in Haryana. The deceased were identified as Sunny (35), Ashish (23), Lokesh (26) and Kamal (24).”
In the second road accident reported in Tehri district, nearly five kilometres ahead of Narendranagar, a car fell into the gorge due to some technical fault killing two people on the spot while three others were taken to the hospital.
The deceased has been identified as Deepak Bahuguna (40) and Prerna Semwal (71) while the injured are Tara Dutta (60), Sanjana Semwal (16) and Saksham Bahuguna (3). According to the information provided by the local police, the accident happened at around 9:30 AM. Prima facie it appears that due to some technical glitch the steering got locked and driver lost control of the vehicle.