5 dead in chopper crash in north India

NEW DELHI, May 8 (Xinhua) -- At least five persons died and two were injured when the chopper they were flying in crashed in India's northern state of Uttarakhand on Thursday, confirmed a local official working with the disaster management department.

The private chopper crashed at around 09:00 a.m. It was flying towards Gangotri, the origin point of the River Ganga.

The deceased were tourists, said the police, adding that the injured people were being shifted to a local hospital.

Expressing his condolences over the loss of human lives, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami instructed a probe into the mishap.