Driver killed as truck falls in gorge

A truck driver was killed after his vehicle fell in a deep gorge near Lambloo village in the district today. The deceased was identified as Ajmer Singh, a resident of Ponta village, near Sarkaghat, in Mandi district.

It was reported that the truck that was overloaded with bricks rolled back from a steep road stretch near Shanidev temple. The truck driver failed to control the reversing truck and it fell in the gorge.

Eyewitnesses said the driver tried to jump out of the truck, but could not succeed. Locals pulled him out of the gorge and rushed him to the Government Medical College here, but he succumbed to his injuries.

ASP Rajesh Kumar said a case had been registered and the body would be handed over to the family after post mortem.