Two persons died after the car they were travelling in fell in the Bhimtal lake here on Monday morning.
The local police along with State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel extracted two bodies from the car.
A car was being driven towards Haldwani at about 7:15 AM on Monday when near Van Vilas hotel, the driver lost control of the car which ended up in the lake in Bhimtal.
The two persons killed in the mishap were identified as 20 year old Bhimtal resident Lalit Prakash and 26 year old Kuldeep Kumar who was employed on daily wages in the Jal Sansthan in Bhimtal.
The family members of the deceased were informed about the mishap.