3 soldiers hurt as Army truck falls into gorge amid rain

Manali: Three Army personnel sustained injuries after a military truck in which they were travelling on Mandi-Pathankot highway fell into a deep gorge near Urla village of Himachal’s Mandi district on Friday.

According to sources, the jawans were on the way from Army transit camp in Pandoh to Pathankot when the truck slipped from the road and fell into the gorge. It was raining heavily during that time. Local rushed for help and brought all three injured to the road. The jawans were moved to civil hospital at Padhar for first aid from, where they were shifted to Military Hospital in Palampur.

The jawans were identified as Krishan Kumar (45), Rahul Vishwakarma (22) and Akhil Kumar (24).

According to Mandi superintendent of police Gurdev Chand Sharma, one of the jawans sustained grievous injury. “Police are investigating the reason behind the accident,” he said.