IMPHAL, October 10: The wreckage of a tipper truck which went missing since yesterday was recovered today from a gorge along with the dead body of its handyman and an injured driver today.
Sources said the vehicle was found from a gorge along the National highway 37 near Kamlok Lamkhai under Noney Police Station, Tamenglong.
The deceased has been identified as Seidul Haque, 20, son of Namar-uddin of Gamara Village Assam and the injured driver as Prodadas, 26, son of Gopaldas of Gamara village.
Sources also said that the truck was engaged in construction work of the Imphal-Jiribam railway project and had gone missing since yesterday. It is speculated that the vehicle must have fallen into the gorge killing the handyman and injuring the driver.
Our Jiribam Correspondent adds: Five persons incidenting four staff of the Manipur State Museum and State Archaeology, department of Arts and Culture and a second driver of the Tata Sumo (MN O3-0369) they were travelling in were injured this evening when the vehicle collided with a Tata tipper of the railway line construction company this evening in between Keimai and Oinamlong along the national Highway 37.
The injured have been identified as Sadana Devi, 42, wife of H Boby Singh of Palace Compound, Murphy, 31 son of Indrajit Singh of Tera,Imphal, Meiteileima wife of Amutomba Singh of Keishamthong, K Baby (52) of Tera and second driver Ratan of Pheiyeng.
The team of the Manipur State Museum and Archaeology was supposed to conduct a Mobile Exhibition of Museum Objects and Photographs of Monyments of Manipur organised byt he department concerned at the Jiribam Governmnt Higher Secondary School.
The five injured have been admitted at the Jiribam Community Health Centre.