The Phongmey Gup of Trashigang died when the gewog’s bolero he was travelling in was hit by a falling boulder at Phimsong yesterday.
The incident occurred at around 3:30 pm when he along with three other people were visiting the Shairi farm road construction site in Phimsong chiwog. The boulder fell from above the road where an excavator was working on the farm road construction.
While the two passengers escaped unhurt, one is currently being treated at Monggar Hospital.
Sonam Darjay