Tehri Garhwal, June 2 -- A car plunged into a gorge on the Rishikesh-Gangotri National Highway in Devprayag, Tehri Garhwal district, Officials said on Tuesday.

District Disaster Management Officer Brijesh Bhatt said, "Three teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) from Srinagar, Byasi, and Dhalwala have been dispatched to the spot. The Devprayag police team and the local revenue official (Patwari) have already reached the site. Police and SDRF personnel are currently conducting a search operation to locate the vehicle."

Further details are awaited.

Earlier, in a separate incident, a car plunged into a deep gorge near Gangnani in the Bhatwari area of Uttarkashi district, leaving two persons dead and three others critically inju...