Dehra Dun, February 21: A labourer was killed on the spot and 11 others injured when the truck in which they were travelling fell in a deep gorge at Brahmpuri near Rishikesh.
According to the police, the truck was carrying back the labourers from a construction site in Tapovan to a camp in Shivpuri, some 15 kms away from Rishikesh yesterday. While trying to overtake a vehicle, the driver of the truck lost control and it skidded off the road and rolled into a deep gorge.
Police rushed the injured persons to a nearby hospital.
—Agencies