Rudraprayag, July 17 -- Two people were killed after a truck plunged nearly 100 metres into a gorge on the Tarsali-Phata road in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district, prompting a joint rescue operation by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), district police and fire services, officials said.

The District Control Room (DCR) in Rudraprayag was notified late on Thursday night that a truck had veered off the road and fallen into a deep gorge close to Tarsali in the Phata area, according to the SDRF.

Following the alert, an SDRF rescue team from Sonprayag, led by Sub-Inspector Ashish Dimri, was rushed to the accident site with specialised rescue equipment.

"Acting swiftly on the alert, an SDRF res...