Rudraprayag, Oct 5 (PTI) A car fell into a gorge after being hit by boulders falling from a hill here on Sunday, killing one person and injuring five others, including two children, police said.

Police identified the deceased as Mukesh Kumar (40), a resident of Shanti Nagar in Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh. The injured include his wife, Anjali Maurya (32), daughter Amol (5), Arun Maurya (40) of Lucknow, his wife Rachna, and their two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Pihu.

The incident occurred around 5:45 pm on the Kedarnath National Highway between Kund and Kakragad when boulders tumbled down from a hill, causing the car to lose control and plunge into a gorge by the river bank, they said.

A police team reached the spot and found one person dead, while five others were injured. All we

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