Dehradun, April 24 -- Eight people died 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 Tehri Garhwal district on Thursday, officials aware of the matter said. The injured were shifted to the district hospital in Baurari, where they are undergoing treatment and are reported to be out of danger. According to Brijesh Bhatt, district disaster management officer of Tehri Garhwal district, the accident occurred when a Max vehicle carrying around 11 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 launched relief and rescue operations," Bhatt said. He said around ten people were travelling in the vehicle when it met with the accident. "All the occupants of the vehicle are residents of Ghansali, who were returning there from Rishikesh after performing funeral rites," he said. Rescue teams from the SDRF, local police and fire services carried out operations to retrieve the victims and evacuate the injured from the gorge. According to officials, the two injured have been identified as Uttam, 30, a resident of Lostu Badiyargarh village, and Ankit, 22, a resident of Nelchami village in Ghansali. Meanwhile, chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed deep grief over the accident, further directing the administration to ensure appropriate medical treatment....