3 die after boulder falls on truck

Pithoragarh: Two construction workers and a driver died after a heavy boulder fell on the truck they were travelling in on the Dharchula-Lipulekh road on Sunday morning. The truck was carrying an automatic drilling machine from Garbadhar to Lakhanpur when the accident happened.

Bhupendra Mehra, district disaster management official, told TOI, “The incident took place in the Shantivan region. Soon after the accident, police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies. The officials of the Broader Road Organisation (BRO) were also intimated.” The deceased have been identified as Dehradun-resident Soring Limi Rama (25), Dharchula-resident Bharat Bhandari (29), and Tara Dhami (21), also a Dharchula resident.


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