By Shishir Prashant 
PrashantNews
Two people were killed and three injured when a Maruti Suzuki WagonR carrying five people plunged about 150 metres off the road near Devprayag in Tehri Garhwal district on Thursday morning.
The car (HR-68 C 1242), travelling from Chandigarh to Rudraprayag, went off the road near Pali village, about 4 km from Devprayag towards Srinagar, and fell near the river, according to the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF).
The deceased have been identified as Satyashwari Devi, 72, a resident of Kimkhal in Chamoli district, and Anil, the driver of the car. The three injured are Uttam Singh, 33, of Ladoli village in Rudraprayag district; Tisha Rawat, 18; and Sunita Devi, 45, both residents of Bina village in Rudraprayag district.
Police and local residents reached the spot and pulled the injured out of the gorge. The injured were subsequently taken to hospital.
The SDRF rescue teams recovered the bodies of the man and woman trapped in the vehicle. The cause of the accident was not known.
