Former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat escapes unhurt in car accident in Meerut

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat's car met with an accident in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. The senior Congress leader had a narrow escape in the accident, PTI quoted officials as saying.

Rawat's convoy was travelling from Delhi to Dehradun when the accident took place. (ANI Photo)

The accident took place between 7.30 pm and 8 pm on NH-58 near Kharoli, Superintendent of Police (Traffic), Raghavendra Mishra told PTI.

Rawat's convoy was travelling from Delhi to Dehradun when a man suddenly came in front of a police escort vehicle, which applied brake. This further caused the vehicles following it to ram into each other, one of these being the former CM's car, according to the SP.