A 28-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh died after falling into a gorge while taking a selfie on the Rishikesh-Badrinath Highway, the State Disaster Response Force said on Wednesday.
The woman, Priyanka, a resident of Moradabad, was returning from Kedarnath to Rishikesh in a car on Tuesday.
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“She stopped to take a selfie near Kaudiyala area and fell into the gorge at around 8 pm,” SDRF in-charge (Dhalwala) Kavindra Sajwan said.
The official said a rescue operation was immediately launched, but the body could only be traced on Wednesday due to the darkness.
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