“Tragic Loss: Five Lives Cut Short in Mussoorie Car Accident”

Five people, including a woman, lost their lives in the early hours of Saturday when their car fell off the road in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

The car fell approximately 60 meters down on another road near Jharipani. Four men died instantly while one of the two women seriously injured in the accident passed away during treatment at a nearby hospital.

The other injured woman is still receiving treatment, according to fire official Dhiraj Singh Tariyal.

The victims were mostly students in their twenties who had come to Mussoorie for a trip on Saturday morning.

Two men and two women belonged to the IMS Unison University in Dehradun and one was from the Dehradun Institute of Technology University.

The deceased were identified as Aman Singh Rana (22), Dingyansh Pratap Bhati (23), Tanuja Rawat (22), Ashutosh Tiwari, and Hridayansh Chandra (24). Nayanshri (24) is still under treatment at a hospital.

The information about the accident was received at around 5:30 am, and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed his condolences at the loss of lives in the accident.

“Received the painful news about the death of five persons in an unfortunate road accident in Mussoorie,” Dhami said in a post on X.

“Pray for peace to the departed souls and strength to their families to bear the pain.”