UTTARKASHI: A 19-year-old man from Nepal died and one another, in his early twenties, sustained severe injuries after the truck they were traveling in fell into a gorge from the Gangotri highway near the Uttarkashi-Tehri border on Wednesday night.
According to TOI sources, two persons were coming to Uttarkashi from Tehri when the vehicle they were traveling in fell into a nearly 40-metre-deep gorge. Soon after getting the information, rescue teams reached the spot and recovered the body of Bablu, a native of Nepal. The injured person has been identified as Pankaj, a resident of Purola in Uttarkashi. He was sent to the community health centre in Chinyalisaur.
Devendra Patwal, district disaster management officer, said, “The injured person has been referred to Uttarkashi district hospital.”
