New Tehri, May 27 (PTI) A 50-year-old man and his wife died after the car they were travelling in into a 500-metre deep gorge on Gaja-Khadi motor road in Tehri district on Saturday, officials said.

The couple was on their way to Delhi from Bhaliyalpani where they lived when the accident happened around 1.5 km beyond Gaja, Tehsildar Renu Saini said.

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The deceased have been identified as Pritam Singh Chauhan and his wife Bharosi Devi (45), Saini said.

Revenue police and SDRF personnel had difficulty in recovering the bodies and bringing them onto the road.

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