Dehradun, April 24 -- Eight people were killed and two others were injured on Thursday after a vehicle they were travelling in lost control and plunged nearly 300 metres into a deep gorge near Nail on the Chamba-Koti motor road in Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal district on Thursday, officials aware of the matter said. The injured were shifted to the district hospital in Baurari, where they are undergoing treatment and are reported to be out of danger, they added. According to Brijesh Bhatt, district disaster management officer of Tehri Garhwal district, the accident took place when a Max vehicle carrying several passengers lost control and fell into the gorge near Nail village. "Upon receiving information about the accident, teams of the state disaster response force (SDRF), the health department and local police rushed to the spot and launched relief and rescue operations," Bhatt said. He said around 11 people were travelling in the vehicle. According to officials, two injured persons have been identified as Uttam, 30, son of Pussu and a resident of Lostu Badiyargarh village, and Ankit, 22, son of Asha Lal and a resident of Nelchami village in Ghansali. Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed grief over the accident....