Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) [India], January 17 (ANI): A 40-year-old man was rescued after the vehicle he was travelling in fell into a ditch near Kirtinagar town in Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal district, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place on Tuesday night, and the rescue was carried out by a team of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), they said.

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According to officials, Kirtinagar police receieved an information about the incident on Tuesday night, after which they alerted the SDRF team.

Following information, SDRF team reached the spot.

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After reaching the spot, the SDRF team came to know that the said vehicle, a minivan (DL3CBC6813), was going from Laxmauli towards Hisriyakhal when it went out of control and crashed into a ditch about 400 meters below near Khola village.

The SDRF team rescued the driver from the ditch. He was later identified as Premdas, a resident of Jakhed village.

He sustained injuries in the accident and was later taken to a hospital for treatment, the police added. (ANI)

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