Landslide Crushes Truck Like a Toy in Sikkim; Video Goes Viral

Gangtok, July 28, 2019:

Chilling visuals have emerged from Sikkim which shows a boulder falling on a truck due to landslide. The truck was crushed like a toy after a big portion of rock fell on it as onlookers looked on in amazement.

The incident of the landslide was caught on camera. Luckily, the driver of the vehicle had enough time to flee before the incident.

The spine-chilling incident occured Reshi, Nayabazar- Legship road in West Sikkim. The truck which was earlier stuck in the middle of the road and was swept away by land slide.

For a while, the road was closed at Ghiti Khani near Reshi, light vehicles can divert from Kamling-Suldung.

Owner of the truck is Pawan Agrawal of Singtam. The truck didn't start in between the landslide zone and driver ran away. The said truck( SK 01 D 0407) was returning to Jorethang from Geyzing falls under Soreng Sub Division.

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