Dehradun, April 23 -- Four people were killed in two separate road accidents in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag and Nainital districts, disaster management officials said on Thursday.

State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) officials said that three people were killed after a car plunged nearly 250 metres into a deep gorge on the Bhiri-Kakola motor road in Rudraprayag on Wednesday night.

Following an alert that a vehicle (UK 13 TA 1991) travelling from Bhiri to Auring lost control and fell into the gorge, an SDRF rescue team from the Augustmuni post, led by sub-inspector Dharmendra Pawar, reached the accident site and began a rescue operation.

The deceased were identified as Naveen Singh (30), a resident of Auring, Amit Singh (35), and Anshul (...