Accident spree continuing unabated taking its toll in Dehradun district, one teacher aged 44 died while another was injured when the car they were sitting in plunged into a deep gorge at Makti under the Chakrata revenue area on Monday. The deceased was identified as Prakash Chandra Kotnala, resident of Kotdwar while the injured is Balam Singh Negi, the driver, aged 45, resident of Vikasnagar. The deceased was a teacher of the Ashram Paddhyati School. Kotnala along with a car driver was going to the school located at laga in Pokhari, Chakrata from Vikasnagar. The driver reportedly lost control over the wheels while negotiating a sharp bend at Makti.
The locals alleged that the revenue police had reached the spot late that promoted them to start the rescue operation themselves. They claimed that they had retrieved the body from the gorge and sent the injured to a local hospital. They staged a protest at the spot too over the late arrival of the revenue police. However, police said that SDRF personnel had been rushed to the spot once they had been informed of the mishap. They claimed to have sent the injured to the local hospital at Sahiya through 108 ambulance. The body has been sent for post-mortem and the family members have been informed about the accident, said a police officer based in Chakrata police station.