Three persons were killed on the spot, two were swept away in the Bhilangana river and six persons were injured when the jeep they were travelling in fell off the road into the river in Tehri district. According to information received form the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), at about 11.15 am on Sunday, a Maxx jeep with 11 persons on board was plying from Chamiyala to Ghansali when it fell off the road near Ghansali gas godown into the Bhilangana river.
Of the passengers, three died while two were carried away by the river and could not be recovered till the time of this report being filed. The six injured passengers were first taken to the nearby primary health centre from where two of them were referred to a higher centre considering their serious condition.
Following the accident, Chief Minister Harish Rawat has expressed grief over the loss of lives and injury. The CM has directed the Tehri district magistrate to immediately provide appropriate ex-gratia to the families of those killed in the mishap. The treatment of the injured should be facilitated on a priority basis, he added.