Two persons died after a landslide buried their truck around midnight in Piyakul village on Thathri-Kilhotran road of Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
An official said the truck bearing registration number JK02AC 5185 was on its way to Kishtwarfrom Gandoh when it was hit by a massive landslide.
Sub-divisional magistrate ThathriMohd Anwar Banday said a rescueoperation was immediately launched after received the information of thelandslide. The bodies of the truck driver, identified as Shahzad Ahmed (27) ofChirala and his associate MohdAarif (22) of Kishtwar were recovered around5.30am on Saturday morning, from the debris after a prolonged rescue operation,he said.
Quoting preliminary reports, he said the truck got stuckwhile it was crossing the muddy patch of the road around mid-night. “Thedriver and his associate apparently came out of the vehicle to clear the debrisbut suddenly a massive landslide rolled down from the hill, burying the truckand the conductor under the debris,” he said, adding that the driver washit by a stone and was dragged by the debris into the nallah.
He said the debris has been cleared from the road and thebodies of the duo were sent to Trauma Hospital Thathri for legal formalities.