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.<\/p>\n
Sources said the vehicle was found from a gorge along the National highway 37 near Kamlok Lamkhai under Noney Police Station, Tamenglong.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The five injured have been admitted at the Jiribam Community Health Centre.<\/p>\n\n