A Myanmar national has died and four co-passengers seriously injured when a truck they were hitching a ride on fell into a gorge about nine kilometers from the eastern Mizoram town of Champhai on Tuesday night. The rice laden truck was on the way to Champhai from capital Aizawl when part of the road gave way while it was trying to pass another vehicle coming from the opposite direction along the narrow winding road that leads up to the town, which lies near the Indo-Myanmar border. The injured were immediately helped by travelers passing through the area and taken to the District Hospital but 26-year-old Vanlalthiami succumbed to her injuries there at around 8 pm. Vanlalthiami had been divorced for sometime and was living with her three small children, the eldest of whom is seven years old, in Champhai's Kanan neighborhood. Locals said she has no known relatives in the town but the community would organize her funeral on Wednesday. The other four injured, including the driver and handleman, are currently being taken care of at the hospital and are said to be out of danger.
