Ten people passed away immediately, two at Rudraprayag District Hospital and AIIMS Rishikesh, according to Uttarakhand SDRF commander Manikant Mishra.
Updates on Uttarakhand accident news: On Saturday, a tempo traveller carrying 26 passengers went off the road and plummeted into the Alaknanda river in the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, resulting in at least 14 tourist deaths and 12 injuries.
Manikant Mishra, the commandant of the Uttrakhand State Disaster Response Force, stated that more people could die because some of the injured were in critical condition. Garhwal Karan Singh Nagnyal, the inspector general, declared, “Rudraprayag SP is on the site… The tempo traveler was headed towards Rudraprayag from Noida (UP)… The drop was between 150 and 200 meters deep.
Ten updates on the Rudraprayag disaster in Uttarakhand
1. The Uttar Pradesh Ten people died instantly, two at AIIMS Rishikesh and two at Rudraprayag district hospital while receiving treatment, according to SDRF commander Manikant Mishra.
2. Of the twelve injured, five were being treated at AIIMS Rishikesh, while the remaining seven were at Rudraprayag district hospital, according to Manikant Mishra.
3. According to Garhwal Inspector General of Police KS Nagnyal, the accident victims were travelers who were en route to Chopta. According to Nagnyal, the majority of the 26 occupants in the car were Delhi residents.
4. According to state minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, seven people who were gravely hurt in the collision were flown by heli-ambulance to AIIMS, Rishikesh.
5. According to District Disaster Management Officer Nandan Singh Rajwar, the incident occurred at approximately 11 a.m., and police and SDRF troops promptly responded, initiating relief and rescue efforts. About 250 meters below the road, according to him, the car crashed onto the banks of the Alaknanda River.
6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the accident “heartbreaking” and expressed his sorrow over it. 7.”The Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, traffic disaster is tragic. My sincere sympathies go out to the families who have lost loved ones. Along with this, I hope everyone who has been hurt recovers quickly. The local government is working to assist the victims in every way it can, under the direction of the state government “Modi wrote on X.
8. President Droupadi Murmu expressed his condolences for the lives lost in the collision and prayed for the injured parties’ quick recovery.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered the families of those killed in the accident his sympathies.
9. Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, expressed his sorrow over the disaster and gave the district magistrate instructions to look into it. He also gave the go-ahead for officials to treat the injured as needed.
एम्स, ऋषिकेश पहुंचकर रुद्रप्रयाग में टेम्पो ट्रैवलर के दुर्घटनाग्रस्त होने से घायल हुए लोगों से मुलाकात कर उनका कुशलक्षेम जाना।
साथ ही घायलों के परिजनों से भी संपर्क कर सरकार की ओर से उन्हें हर संभव सहायता प्रदान करने के लिए आश्वस्त किया।
इस दौरान चिकित्सकों से घायलों के उपचार… pic.twitter.com/d2DjPK3Uno
— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) June 15, 2024