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Gangotri Highway Crash at Gangnani, Uttarkashi: Four Dead, Two Missing as Innova With Gujarat Pilgrims Falls Into Bhagirathi River; Cause Not Established, Reports Differ on Details

On the morning of Thursday, 5 November 2026, an Innova carrying pilgrims to Gangotri Dham went off the Gangotri National Highway at Gangnani in Bhatwari tehsil, Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, and fell into the Bhagirathi river. The alert reached the district emergency centre at about 7 am (PTI) or 7.21 am (other outlets). Seven people were on board, six passengers from Gujarat and the driver. PTI and ETV Bharat report four dead (three passengers and the driver), one 17-year-old rescued in critical condition and two women missing. Police, SDRF, 108 ambulances and an NDRF team responded; rescuers went down on ropes to recover four bodies, and SDRF, water police and divers searched the river for the missing. PTI says the car skidded off the road; Gujarat First and Dainik Bhaskar say the driver lost control at a bend, and the fall is put at about 200 to 300 metres by two outlets. No police case, official cause, road or crash-barrier detail or compensation was found. Reports differ on the passengers' home town (Surat, Surendranagar or the Sabarmati area of Ahmedabad).