A Staff Reporter
DIMAPUR, JANUARY 14
Two persons were killed late Wednesday night when a truck rolled off the road, and down a gorge, at a stretch of road between Longnak and Changki village in Mokokchung district. The victims were said to include a 46-year-old mother and her teenage son.
Sources informed that the mother had died on the spot while the son succumbed to the injuries later, after he was brought to Changki village. The whole family was on the truck after they hitched a ride, it was informed. The husband also sustained serious injuries and has been admitted to a hospital in Mokokchung while another son escaped with minor injuries. At around 9 pm Wednesday night, youths from Changki village initiated a search/hunt for the driver of the truck and the handyman, sources said. Later they were found wounded, deep in the jungle.
