A 69-year-old woman from Samdrup Jongkhar died on the spot in a vehicle accident on the evening of Thursday. The pickup truck she was travelling in fell more than 100 feet below the road near Chazam in Wangdue Phodrang.
Sources say the vehicle was coming from Trongsa towards Thimphu. The driver is undergoing treatment in Saephu Basic Health Unit and he is said to be in stable condition. There were only two people including the deceased in the vehicle.
Sources say bad weather and muddy road condition could have caused the accident.
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