Five school teachers killed as jeep falls into gorge

Five primary school teachers were killed and six injured today when the jeep they were travelling in plunged into a gorge in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.
The mishap occurred between Chamoli and Lasi when the school teachers were returning to Gopeshwar after duty, Chamoli's Tehsildar Manju Rajput said.
They taught at different primary schools and were on their way back home, she said.
The jeep rolled 30 metres down the road killing four women teachers on the spot and leaving seven injured, she said.
A male teacher succumbed to injuries later at Chamoli's district hospital where the rest of them are under treatment, she said.

This is the third road accident in Uttarakhand in less than 24 hours as 12 people including a foreign tourist were killed in two separate road accidents in Almora and Uttarkashi districts yesterday.