Uttarakhand: 9 killed after car falls in gorge

DN Bureau

At least nine people were killed after a car fell down a gorge in Champawat's Sawala area of Uttarakhand on Wednesday.

A site of the accident
A site of the accident


Champawat: At least nine people were killed after a car fell down a gorge in Champawat's Sawala area of Uttarakhand on Wednesday.

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Local administration officials immediately rushed to the spot.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident.

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The car was travelling from Pithoragarh to Tanakpur.

Further details are awaited.

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Earlier on February 1, four tourists were killed and one woman was critically injured when their car fell into a canal in Nainital, Uttarakhand. (ANI)










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