20 hurt as vehicle falls into gorge in Baddi

As many as 20 persons, including two minor children, were injured, 15 of them seriously, when the pick-up utility vehicle they were travelling in overturned and plunged into a gorge at Theda village near Lodhi Majra in Baddi around 6.37 pm today. The injured mainly comprised of labourers who were heading towards Manpura when the mishap occurred due to rash and negligent driving, as per the onlookers.

Four of the injured were rushed to a Baddi health facility and two of them with grievous injuries were further referred to the Nalagarh community health centre. A man was yet to be identified and his condition was stated to be stable. Twelve women, a minor boy and a minor girl and five males were injured. A majority of them are migrants from Uttar Pradesh.

“As many as 13 passengers from Nalagarh suffered head injuries, and two of them, who were admitted to a health facility at Baddi, have been referred to the PGI, Chandigarh,” said Additional SP, Baddi, Ashok Verma.

The injured persons, who were admitted to the Nalagarh hospital, have been identified as Sanket (19), Aakash (18), Cheenu (18), Anshika (18), Gulshan (18), Sanu (17), Mahi (18), Sannu (19), Nargis (19), Nasreen (19), Sonam, Santosh (18), Amreena (20), Ravi Kumar (17) and Sarita Devi. Besides, Noor Mohammed, Harsh, Juli and Chandni were admitted to the Baddi hospital.