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Uttarakhand: A minor boy among two have been killed and one person have been injured after the car they were travelling in plunged into a ditch in Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal district on Wednesday.
Reports reaching said that the accident took place in the Dhumakot area of the district. A team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) was dispatched to the site upon receipt of information about the mishap.
Official sources said that the survivor was successfully rescued by the SDRF team. He was, subsequently, rushed to a hospital for treatment, they added. The rescuers also managed to retrieve the bodies of the deceased duo.
The bodies of the deceased identified as Ramesh Lal (17) and Pradeep (37) have been handed over to the local police for necessary action, authorities said. Meanwhile, the injured individual has been identified as 35-year-old Kishore Kumar. The car involved in the accident bore a Delhi-based registration number.
The deadly incident came just days after a similar mishap claimed the lives of at least five people and left several others injured in Pauri Garhwal. The earlier accident involved a bus whose driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a 100-meter-deep ditch near the Dahalchori area.
The bus was going from Pauri to Dahalchori. Ten people were initially reported injured by the authorities. There were a total of 22 people on the bus, according to SDRF Commander Arpan Yaduvanshi.
A financial grant of Rs 5 lakh each has been announced for the families of the victims of the bus crash by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
