Two persons died and one person was seriously injured when a car they were travelling in collided with a tree near Ramnagar's Basai area on the Kashipur-Ramnagar Road on early Sunday morning.
The three persons were on their way to Ramnagar from Delhi. But two of the travellers died on the spot, while the third one was later admitted to the Government Shushila Tiwari Hospital, Haldwani, following seriousness of his health condition, in this fatal road accident on the busy Kashipur-Ramnagar Road on early Sunday morning, said Ramnagar police.
The deceased have been identified as Ravi Kumar, aged about 62 years, son of Krishan Kumar, a native of Patparganj, Delhi, and Swarup Sodhi, aged about 28 years, son of RS Sodhi, a native of Vikaspuri, Delhi, the Ramnagar police said.
The third injured person has been identified as Sunny, aged about 28 years, son of Manmohan. He is also reported to be a native of laxminagar, Delhi, the Ramnagar police said.
The road mishap that took the lives of the two persons, leaving one another person seriously injured, took place near Ramnagar's Basai area on the busy Kashipur-Ramnagar Road around 6.15 on early Sunday morning. Further investigation is on in this case, police said. Efforts are also on to inform the family members of the deceased persons and the injured one about the accident, police said. The aforesaid persons were going to visit the Ramnagar area reportedly as tourists on Sunday.