Fourteen people are dead while seven are missing after the truck they were travelling in fell into a gorge in Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Thursday. All the deceased were from Assam’s Tinsukia.
A search operation has been launched by the Indian Army to locate the missing.
The incident took place on Hayuliang-Chaglagam Road in Anjaw district in the eastern part of the hill state earlier this week, Tinsukia District Commissioner Swapneel Paul informed.
"Around 11 am today, we received information that a vehicle had fallen into a gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district. Accordingly, we contacted the DCs of Anjaw and Teju for confirmation," he added.
"Both the DCs said that rescue teams have so far recovered 14 bodies and found one person alive. Seven more persons are still missing," Paul said.
He said that a team from Tinsukia, comprising the circle officer and police personnel, have been dispatched to the neighbouring state to get more updates.
"They have reached Tezu, and within 2-3 hours, we will be able to give more details," the Tinsukia DC added.
Preliminary inputs from the lone survivor, who managed to reach Chipra GREF Camp, indicate that a truck carrying 22 workers from Tinsukia fell off a cliff on the night of 08 December. The accident site, approximately 12 km short of Chaglagam, lies in difficult terrain with limited connectivity and had not been reported by any local agency, contractor or civil representative until the survivor’s arrival.
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