Nine tourists drowned this morning as their vehicle fell into the Dhela river in Uttarakhand's Ramnagar and was swept away by its strong current, the police said.

#WATCH Uttarakhand | 9 died, 1 girl rescued alive and about 5 trapped after a car washed away in Dhela river of Ramanagar amid heavy flow of water induced by rains early this morning, confirms Anand Bharan, DIG, Kumaon Range pic.twitter.com/Dxd27Di5mv

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The tourists were staying at a resort in Dhela and were on their way back home to Patiala in Punjab.

While four bodies have been recovered, five are still trapped in the vehicle, they said.

A 22-year-old woman identified as Nazia was rescued alive from the vehicle. She has been sent to the Ramnagar hospital.