Truck loaded with cement plunges into river, driver rescued

Myagdi, Dec 1: A truck carrying cement (Ga 2 Kha 0840) from Bhairahawa to Darwang fell 60 meters below the road into the Myagdi River at Phaparkhet.

In the incident that took place at around 2:30 this morning, the truck driver, Govinda Bahadur Khamcha, 34, of Madanpokhara, Tansen Municipality-8, Palpa, was rescued. According to the Police Inspector, Sagar Timilsina, security personnel have rescued the driver who fell into the Myagdi River along with his truck in Phaparkhet, located on the border of Beni Municipality-4 and Mangala Rural Municipality-2 along the Beni-Darwang road.

Driver Khamcha has sustained injuries in the incident and is undergoing treatment at the Provincial Hospital, Beni. The driver’s condition is no longer in danger. According to the police, the truck was carrying 340 sacks of cement, of which some fell into the river while some were stuck on the cliff below the road.

The Phaparkhet section of the Beni-Darwang road, which connects Mangala, Malika, and Dhawalagiri rural municipalities with the district headquarters at Beni Bazaar, has been repeatedly blocked by landslides during the rainy season. A cement-laden truck had also fallen off the road at the same location last late October.