At least two people died and three others were injured after a vehicle plunged nearly 200 metres into a deep gorge and caught fire near the Bapru-Bantoli road in the Barakot area in Uttarakhand's Champawat, officials said on Friday.
An SDRF team from Champawat, led by Sub-Inspector Dungar Singh, immediately rushed to the spot with necessary rescue equipment. On reaching the site, the team found the vehicle lying deep inside the gorge and engulfed in flames.
The SDRF team, in coordination with the district police, launched a rescue operation under challenging conditions and successfully reached the accident site.
Officials said a total of five people were travelling in the vehicle. The rescue team safely evacuated the injured occupants, identified as Neetu Devi (31), Akshita (8), and Aarav (5), and shifted them to a hospital for treatment.
The accident claimed the lives of the driver, Rajendra Kumar (47), a resident of Anjeda, Didihat, and Baldev Kumar (34), a resident of Nankodi, Anjeda, Didihat.
