India, June 10 -- Four people died near Mussoorie in Uttarakhand on Wednesday after a car, suspected to have brake failure fell into a 500-metre-deep gorge, police said.

Police said they received information via the 112 helpline around 9.16am about an accident on Jharipani Road. A police team from Mussoorie police station, along with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), fire service and emergency medical services, rushed to the scene and launched a rescue operation.

The deceased are identified as Satyaprakash of Sonipat in Haryana, Manit (19) and Savita (48), residents of Nehru Nagar in Ghaziabad, and Sangeeta (46), a resident of Karol Bagh in Delhi.

They were travelling from Uttarkashi, police said.

Ankit Kandari, circle officer...