Pilgrim dies after boulder hits vehicle


PTI | Gopeshwar | Updated: 06-08-2019 11:01 IST | Created: 06-08-2019 10:59 IST
Pilgrim dies after boulder hits vehicle
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A pilgrim died when a vehicle in which they were traveling was hit by a boulder after a landslide in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Tuesday. Eleven people were in the vehicle that was going to the Badrinath pilgrimage site. It was hit by a boulder falling from the hillside after a landslide, official sources said.

Three pilgrims have been rescued and efforts are on to extricate the rest, the sources added. 

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