7 Including 3 Kids Killed As Landslide Hits Car In Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh

The incident occurred near the Thakti area of Pithoragarh when the SUV got trapped under a huge mound of rubble falling from the adjacent hills.

Nearly 24 hours after rocks and boulders fell on a vehicle following a landslide on the Kailash-Mansarovar route here, bodies of seven persons were pulled out of the debris on Monday, officials said. The bodies of three children, two men and a woman have been identified, they added.

The incident occurred around 2 pm on Sunday near the Thakti area of this Uttarakhand district when the SUV got trapped under a huge mound of rubble falling from the adjacent hills, the officials said.

The victims were travelling from Gunji to Dharchula when the landslide occurred, Pithoragarh ADM Shiv Kumar Baranwal said.