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Uttarakhand: CM Dhami expresses grief after car with six people skids off road in Lakhanpur

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed grief over an accident near Lakhanpur on the Dharchula-Lipulekh Road on Tuesday morning.

Uttarakhand: CM Dhami expresses grief after car with six people skids off road in Lakhanpur

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami [Photo:ANI]

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed grief over an accident near Lakhanpur on the Dharchula-Lipulekh Road on Tuesday morning.

Six people were feared dead after their car skidded off the road and rolled approximately 500 metres down a gorge on Tuesday morning.

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According to sources, a team from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) arrived at the scene and launched a rescue operation to look for the missing occupants of the vehicle.
The rescue operation was suspended as the evening set in and will resume on Wednesday morning.

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According to sources, owing to the steep gorge through which the car went down, the rescue personnel couldn’t reach the missing occupants on Tuesday.
Further reports are awaited.

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