Two persons were killed and three injured in an accident which took place near Gumkhal in Pauri district on Saturday afternoon. The accident occurred when a car carrying five passengers fell off the mountainside near Gumkhal on Pauri- Meerut national highway.
As per the information received from the police in Lansdowne, the car lost its balance and fell off the road. Police was called on the spot and with the help of the locals, the passengers of the ill fated car were removed from the vehicle and were sent to the nearby hospital. The passengers belonged from Haryana out of whom three who survived the accident are said to be in a critical condition.