Tehri (Uttarakhand): Six pilgrims from Punjab were killed and four injured on Saturday when a huge rock fell on their vehicle in Uttarakhand's Tehri district following a landslide triggered by heavy rains.
The incident occurred near Teendhara on Rishikesh-Badrinath highway in Tehri district, Deputy Superintendent of Police Pramod Shah said.
The vehicle, a tempo traveler, turned turtle after the huge rock fell on it, killing five pilgrims on the spot while another died at the hospital.
Four injured were rushed to a nearby hospital.
The pilgrims hailing from Mohali were on their way to the Himalayan Sikh shrine of Hemkund Sahib, the DSP said
The deceased were identified as Jaspal Singh, Surendra Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Jitendra Pal and Lovely who was driving the vehicle, he added.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has expressed grief over the loss of lives in the accident. He asked authorities to take all precautions in view of the heavy rain alert issued by the MeT department for most parts of Uttarkhand on Saturday.
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