A 37-year-old man died on the spot in an accident in Ganglakha, about 32 kilometres from Phuentsholing towards Thimphu. The fuel tanker he was driving went off road and fell 120 meters below the road at around 7:30 this morning. The deceased is from Trashigang.
The 19-year-old handy boy suffered head injury and fractures. He has been referred to the National Referral Hospital in Thimphu.
According to sources, the tanker was carrying diesel and was on its way to Gedu.
In another accident, an ambulance said to have gone off road at Chazam in Trashigang last night, is yet to be found. The police said the accident took place between 9:30 and 9:45 pm.
More than 40 people from the Dzongkhag, police, and health sector have been dispatched along the Dangmi Chu in search of the missing driver and the ambulance.
The driver was returning from Samdrup Jongkhar.
