Two killed as truck falls into river in Uttarakhand's Chamoli

Two persons were killed in the wee hours of Wednesday when their truck fell into the Pindar river in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, an official said.

The accident occurred at Mauna Cheena in Narayanbagar block on Karnaprayag-Gwaldam national highway at around 2 am, Revenue Officer, Sohan Singh Rangad, said.

Maan Singh (31) and Nitin (21), hailing from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura and Ghaziabad, respectively, were killed on the spot, he said.

The truck was carrying tar to a construction site, the officer said.

The bodies were recovered in the morning by police and disaster relief force personnel and the exact cause of the accident is yet to be known, he added.