Four people were killed when the bolero pickup truck they were travelling in veered off the road and fell about 150 metres from the Khebisa gewog centre road in Dagana on Saturday at about 3:00 am in the morning.
A 17-year-old girl, a 10-year-old boy, and a 27-year-old man who was driving the bolero died on the spot. A 49-year-old man who suffered grave injuries was airlifted to Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital yesterday but later succumbed to injuries.
According to sources, the minors were siblings and were on their way to Khebisa Gewog from Thimphu to celebrate Losar with their parents who were in the gewog. The accident occurred at Maenchhuna under Khebisa Gewog in Dagana.
The cause of the accident is not known and police are investigating the case.
Namgay Wangchuk
