A terrible accident that took five people’s lives on Badrinath Highway on Sunday early this morning as car fell down to a deep gorge near Totaghati.
A bride whose wedding was scheduled for May 12, went shopping and when they were returning after the shopping for the marriage, they had an accident and all of them died.
They were on the way from Rishikesh to Chamoli when the bride-to-be and four others were killed as a car fell into a deep valley near Totaghati on the Rishikesh, Badrinath highway early Sunday, police said.
The accident occurred at around 7 am when the car was on its way from Rishikesh to Chamoli. The driver lost control and the car plunged into the 250-metre-deep gorge killing all the occupants on the spot, Devprayag police station SHO Devraj Sharma said. One body has been recovered, he added.
The deceased members were residents of Ban village and identified as Pinky (25), Pratap Singh (40), his wife Bhagirathi Devi (36,) and their two children Vijay (15) and Manju (12).
