On the morning of October 15, 2026, a WagonR car traveling from Chandigarh to Rudraprayag lost control and plunged into a deep gorge near the ‘River View Cafe and Restaurant’ in Pali village, close to Devprayag. The incident occurred at approximately 5:40 AM. There were five people in the vehicle, including the driver. Two individuals, including the driver, died in the accident, while three others sustained injuries. Upon receiving the information, the Devprayag police arrived at the scene and initiated a relief and rescue operation. The police successfully recovered the three injured individuals from the gorge and transported them to the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Bagi for medical treatment. Meanwhile, a rescue operation, assisted by the SDRF, was underway to recover the bodies of the deceased from the gorge.
According to the police, the vehicle—a WagonR with the registration number HR-68 C-1242—met with the accident near Pali village, approximately four kilometers from Devprayag towards Srinagar. Upon being alerted that a vehicle had lost control and fallen into a deep gorge, the Devprayag police force promptly arrived at the site. The police team immediately launched a rescue operation to extract those who had fallen into the gorge. Acting swiftly, they recovered the three injured individuals and transported them to the CHC in Bagi. Among those injured are Uttam Singh , Tisha Rawat and 45-year-old Sunita Devi. All three have been admitted to the Community Health Centre in Bagi for treatment.
The victims who lost their lives in the accident have been identified as Satyeshwari Devi (72), wife of Hukam Singh Chauhan, a resident of Kimkhal (under Karnaprayag police station, Chamoli district), and Anil Singh (33), son of Sudarshan, a resident of Kimoli Partoli (Chamoli district). Anil Singh was driving the car. Given the gravity of the incident, the SDRF (State Disaster Response Force) was also alerted. An SDRF team has arrived at the scene and, in coordination with the police, conducted a rescue operation to recover the bodies from the deep gorge.
