Dehradun, April 23 -- Eight people were killed and two others were injured on Thursday after a vehicle lost control and plunged nearly 300 metres into a deep gorge near Nail on the Chamba-Koti motor road in the Chamba development block of Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal district, officials said.

The injured are undergoing treatment at the district hospital in Baurari and are reported to be out of danger.

District Disaster Management Officer of Tehri Garhwal, Brijesh Bhatt, said that a Max vehicle carrying around 10 passengers lost control and fell into the gorge near Nail village.

"Upon receiving information about the accident, teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), the health department and local police rushed to the spot and ...