Shillong, Dec 22: In a tragic incident, ten labourers of the coal rich mine fields of Nongjri-Nonghyllam-Rajaju area of West Khasi Hills in Meghalaya died in a freak vehicular mishap on Wednesday at Ranikor West Khasi Hills in the Meghalaya-Bangladesh border which is some 176 km away from Shillong.
The incident took place at around 3.p.m yesterday when a truck loaded with coal laborers who were heading home for their Christmas vacation slipped the main road and run into the deep running water.
Five others are battling for their lives after the truck they were traveling fell into the Ranikor river in West Khasi Hills district on Wednesday. The DC said, “ Till this moment nothing can be established for the cause of the mishap”.
As per the latest report four of the dead were from Wahkaji, West Khasi Hills, four are from Pamlakrai, and each from Tyrsad and Dympep village of East Khasi Hills.
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