Champawat, Feb 10 (PTI) Two men died and three others were injured on Monday when their jeep fell into a deep gorge in Champawat district of Uttarakhand, police said.

The accident occurred at Bildedhar around 3 pm when the jeep which was part of a marriage procession en route to Pullahindola from Tanakpur, Superintendent of Police Ajay Ganpati said.

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He said the vehicle suddenly went out of control and fell into the ditch. Akash Mahar and Mohit Mahar, both 20-year-old, from Uchouligoth of Tanakpur, died on the spot.

The bodies have been taken out of the gorge and sent for post-mortem, the SP said.

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Three people were also injured in the accident including the jeep driver, he said, adding that they have been admitted to a hospital.

All the passengers were from Uchouligoth in Tanakpur while the driver Vijay Rawat is a resident of Khatima in Udham Singh Nagar district, Ganpati said.

The police said that the exact cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained.

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