10 dead, several missing as stone quarry collapses in Mizoram amid rains
Aizawl (PTI): Five people died and several others were missing as a stone quarry collapsed in Mizoram's Aizawl district amid incessant rains on Tuesday morning, police said.
The incident happened around 6 am in an area between Melthum and Hlimen on the southern outskirts of the Aizawl town, they said.
Five bodies have been recovered, while several others are still trapped under the debris, a police officer said.
Heavy rains were affecting the rescue operations, he said.
The rains triggered landslides at several places in the state, officials said.
Aizawl has been cut off from the rest of the country due to a landslide on National Highway 6 at Hunthar, they said.
Besides, several intra-state highways have also been disrupted by landslides, they added.
Because of the rains, all schools were closed and government employees, except those involved in providing essential services, were asked to work from home.
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3 killed, 4 injured in truck-autorickshaw collision in UP
Shahjahanpur (UP) (PTI): Three people were killed and four injured in a collision between a truck and an autorickshaw here on Sunday afternoon, police said.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Saurabh Dixit said the truck was coming from the Jalalabad side and the auto-rickshaw from the opposite direction.
Due to the impact of the collision, Ramkshatriya (28), an unidentified 40-year-old woman and Kallu (45) died on the spot, the SP said.
On receiving information about the accident, police rescued four injured people, who were admitted to the government medical college for treatment. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, Dixit said.
The truck driver fled the scene after the accident and the vehicle has been seized. Efforts are underway to trace the driver, police said.
