At least 2 dead, 12 injured after tipper truck topples in Ladakh; Rajnath Singh expresses grief

Ladakh: A General Reserve Engineer Force(GREF) tipper truck toppled in the Sasoma-Saser La area of Ladakh on Wednesday while road construction work was on. The injured are being treated at a hospital, defence officials said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has condoled the deaths and wished for a speedy recovery of injured on Twitter.

Two dead, others injured after a tipper with 12 people toppled yesterday in the Ladakh area while road construction work was on. Injured are being treated: defence officials

— ANI (@ANI) October 20, 2022

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Rajnath Singh tweetd,"Extremely pained by the loss of precious lives due to toppling of a GREF Tipper in Sasoma-Saser La area of Ladakh. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover at the earliest."

Extremely pained by the loss of precious lives due to toppling of a GREF Tipper in Sasoma-Saser La area of Ladakh. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover at the earliest. — Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) October 20, 2022