12 killed in Uttarakhand road accidents
26 May 2016 5:42 AM IST
Twelve persons including a French national and four women were killed and 27 injured in two separate road accidents in Uttarakhand on Wednesday prompting Chief Minister Harish Rawat to ask officials to think up ways to rein in such mishaps. Four women were among eight killed in Sult area of Almora district and 15 others injured when the bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge at Chaurighatti near Bhatronjkhan.
The mishap occurred around 8 am killing eight on the spot and leaving at least 15 injured, District Disaster Management Officer Rakesh Joshi said on the phone. Eight bodies were recovered from the spot located about 60 km from the district headquarters and 15 others who sustained injuries have been rushed to PHC Bhatronjkhan and the civil hospital Ranikhet, he said. Four of the injured were later referred from Ranikhet civil hospital to Sushila Tiwari Hospital Haldwani, Joshi said.Though 15 injured have been hospitalised their number could be a little more as some who escaped with minor injuries were taken to hospital by relatives and acquaintances and were discharged after first aide, he said.
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