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Uttarakhand landslide: 2 killed, 3 injured after car falls into 300-feet-deep gorge near Devprayag
Two people were killed and three others feared injured after a car fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand, according to reports

Two people were killed and three others feared injured after a car fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand, according to reports.The car fell into a 300-feet-deep gorge near Mulyagaon, about two kilometres from Devprayag, a Times of India report said. The injured, whose condition is known to be critical, were rushed to a hospital in Srinagar.The driver lost control of the car after it was hit by falling debris following a landslide, the report quoted the police as saying.The landslide has occurred at Uttarakhand's NH 58 highway, where many are still feared trapped in the debris.
First Published:Apr 08, 2018, 10:19:20 IST
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