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Bus falls 200 metres into gorge in Uttarakhand; 7 killed, 12 injured

The incident took place at 9 am on Tuesday in Almora. The bus was heading to Ramnagar in Nainital.

2 min readDec 30, 2025 01:15 PM IST

The bus fell into a gorge 200 metres below the road at a bend.

Seven people have been killed and 12 injured in a bus accident in Uttarakhand’s Almora on Tuesday, police said.

According to SSP Devender Pincha, the private bus carrying 19 passengers was heading to Ramnagar in Nainital from Almora’s Dwarahat when it fell into a gorge around 9 am on Tuesday, killing six people instantly. “We are ascertaining the cause of the accident and if any technical faults resulted in it,” the SSP said.

The State Disaster Response Force has been carrying out rescue operations, and officers at the spot said that of the six seriously injured, three were airlifted to AIIMS Rishikesh and three others referred to Ramnagar for further treatment. Others are undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Bhikiyasain. The deceased include four men and three women, and injuries have been sustained by 10 men and two women.

The bus fell into a gorge 200 metres below the road at a bend. “It seems like there was a technical fault as the driver could not veer it away from the bend. The bus was not overloaded with passengers. The regional transport officials have been asked to probe into the matter,” said an SDRF official.

Registered in 2019, the bus has two pending challans for traffic and parking violations in Nagina and Najibabad in Uttar Pradesh.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed sorrow over the accident and directed the district administration to ensure prompt and adequate medical treatment for all passengers injured in the accident. The injured have been admitted to nearby hospitals, and those seriously injured have been referred to higher medical centres for better treatment, his office said.

The deceased have been identified as Govind Ballabh (80), Parvati Devi (75), Nandan Singh (65), Tara Devi (50), Ganesh (25), Umesh (25), and Govindi Devi (58).

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The victims belong to various localities of Almora district, including Jamoli and Dwarahat, as per the district control room.

Aiswarya Raj

Aiswarya Raj is a Senior Correspondent for The Indian Express, covering Uttarakhand. She brings sound journalistic experience to her role, having started her career at the organisation as a sub-editor with the Delhi city team. She subsequently developed her reporting expertise by covering Gurugram and its neighbouring districts before transitioning to her current role as a resident correspondent in Dehradun. She is an alumna of the Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) and the University of Kerala. She has reported on the state politics, governance, environment and wildlife, and gender. Aiswarya has undertaken investigations using the Right to Information Act on law enforcement, public policy and procurement rules in Uttarakhand. She has also attempted narrative journalism on socio-economic matters affecting local communities. This specific, sustained focus on critical regional news provides the necessary foundation for high trustworthiness and authoritativeness on topics concerning Uttarakhand. ... Read More

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