Four people were killed and one was injured when the car they were travelling in fell into a gorge along the Amori-Khatoli highway in Champawat district, police said on Monday.
The car rolled down into the gorge near Dudhauri school while going up a narrow and steep road on Sunday, Station House Officer Yogesh Upadhyay said.
Three people including the driver of the vehicle were killed on the spot while one died on way to the hospital. Another one who suffered injuries is still under treatment at a hospital in Tanakpur, he said.
The dead were identified as Rajendra Singh (40) who was driving the car, Shankar Singh (55), Jagat Singh (60) and Kundan Singh (50), who died while being taken from a hospital in Tanakpur to Haldwani's Sushila Tiwari hospital.
Swaroop Singh (45) who was injured in the accident is under treatment.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has expressed grief at the loss of lives in the accident.
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