Champawat, June 19 -- At least two people died and three others were injured after a vehicle plunged nearly 200 metres into a deep gorge and caught fire near the Bapru-Bantoli road in the Barakot area in Uttarakhand's Champawat , officials said on Friday.

According to the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), information about the accident was received from the District Control Room that a vehicle had fallen into a deep gorge and caught fire near the Bapru-Bantoli road.

An SDRF team from Champawat, led by Sub-Inspector Dungar Singh, immediately rushed to the spot with necessary rescue equipment. On reaching the site, the team found the vehicle lying deep inside the gorge and engulfed in flames.

The SDRF team, in coordination with the d...