India, Nov. 23 -- Three people were killed and one injured after the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a ditch in the Garampani area of Uttarakhand's Nainital district on Saturday night, police said.

Nainital superintendent of police (crime) Jagdish Chandra said, "On Saturday night, locals informed us that a vehicle had fallen into a ditch at Ratighat on the Khairna-Kainchidham route. Based on the information, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation."

According to the police, the car plunged nearly 60 metres. The SDRF team took all four occupants to the nearest government hospital, where doctors declared three of them dead on arrival.

The deceased were identified as Sanjay Bis...