Two persons, including Karthik Madhavan (43), Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Coimbatore, died, and 13 others were injured in an accident near Kopang on the Uttarkashi-Gangotri Highway on Sunday night.
Mr. Karthik had gone on a holiday to Uttarakhand to undertake a trekking expedition when the vehicle in which he and his fellow trekkers were travelling fell into a ditch. Ankur Kirola, founder, Nomad Adventures, who had organised the trek, said Mr. Karthik and Alka, a co-trekker from Aurangabad, were killed in the accident.
Mr. Karthik is survived by his parents Madhavan and Sujatha, and wife V. Haripriya, a Chief Sub Editor with The Hindu in Coimbatore.
