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Uttarakhand: Four tourists from Gujarat killed, 2 go missing as vehicle plunges into Bhagirathi

Dehradun Nov 5 (UNI) Four tourists from Gujarat died while one was seriously injured and two persons, including vehicle driver, went missing after a car they were travelling in fell into Bhagirathi river in Uttarkashi today.
Accident took place while tourists were on their way to Gangotri this morning.
As per information shared by State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), four bodies of the tourists were fished out by the rescuers while efforts were on to trace two missing persons including a 17-year-old boy.
A statement issued by SDRF informed that driver of the car UK08 TA 6040 lost control on the wheel and fell into the Bhagirathi river while heading towards Gangotri carrying seven people, including six tourists from Gujarat and the driver.
According to the statement, rescue teams from Ujeli and Bhatwari posts were rushed immediately to the accident spot and immediately initiated a joint rescue operation in coordination with the local police, NDRF and other emergency response teams available in the area.
SDRF said that four bodies of the deceased tourists were recovered from the river bank while one critically injured person was rushed to the hospital for medical aide. Efforts were underway to airlift injured individual via helicopter for better medical care.

On the other hand an extensive search operation is being conducted in the river to locate two missing persons.
Among deceased tourists were 49-year old Ashokaben Patel, Rutika Ashokbhai Patel,19, Ghanshyambhai Sarvaliya, 32, residents of Shivalik Residency, Katargam, Surat, Gujarat and driver Rahul Agarwal from Haridwar.
Injured person was identifed as Vedant Ashokbhai Patel, 17, with same residential address as other deceased persons from Gujarat.
The missing persons were identified as Sudhabhen Ashokbhai Patel, 45, resident of Shivalik Residency, Katargam, Surat, and Kiranben Vishalbhai Patel, 34, from Surendranagar, Gujarat.
The SDRF rescue team was continuously conducting search and rescue operation for the missing persons with the help of other rescue units.
Intensive search was underway in the river and surrounding areas to find the missing individuals.
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