Dehradun/Haldwani, Nov. 13 -- Four people were killed and as many were injured in two road accidents in Uttarakhand's Kumaon division late on Wednesday night, officers said on Thursday. In the first incident in Almora, three people-including a woman, her teenage daughter and the driver-were killed after a Bolero Max plunged into a nearly 400-metre-deep gorge near Harda village on Sairaghat-Pithoragarh (Kunj Kimaula) motor road. According to preliminary information, the woman and her daughter, both residents of Harda village, were returning home after celebrating Bhai Dooj in Pithoragarh when the vehicle went out of control. The impact left the vehicle completely mangled, and all three occupants died on the spot. The deceased were identified as Basanti Devi (40), Beena Devi (19) and driver Hayat Singh (36). The crash came to light around 9 am on Thursday when local women heading to forest to collect grass spotted the wreckage and alerted villagers. Police subsequently launched a recovery operation with the help of locals, facing significant challenges due to the steep terrain and depth of the gorge. State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) commandant Arpan Yaduvanshi said, "A rescue team led by sub-inspector Pankaj Dangwal from the SDRF Sariyapani post reached the spot and began rescue operations in coordination with local police and residents. The team recovered bodies of all three from the mangled vehicle, and handed them over to police." In a separate accident around midnight in Nainital district, a 29-year-old man was killed and four others were injured after their Swift Dzire swerved off the road and rolled into a 200-metre-deep gorge near Kainchi Dham. The driver, Anuj Tiwari (29) of Shekhpur village, died on the spot, while the four passengers-Sunny, Ravi, Sanchit, and Sandeep Sharma-were injured in the incident. They were rescued and shifted to the community health centre in Bhowali. All five occupants were residents of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly. Yaduvanshi said a team led by sub-inspector Devendra Kumar from the Khairna post carried out a joint rescue operation with the local police, navigating the steep slope in difficult conditions to pull out the victims and retrieve Tiwari's body....