University student killed as vehicle falls into gorge

A university student was killed and eight others were injured when their vehicle veered off the road and plunged into a gorge in West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh early Friday, police said. The driver of the vehicle fell asleep and lost control over the vehicle and it fell into the gorge, about 30-metre off the road, between Logum Jini and Biru villages.

Nine people including the driver were in the vehicle going from Itanagar to Aalo. The deceased has been identified as Dakpor Kamra, a student of the North East Frontier Technical University at Aalo, police said.

The body has been handed over to his relatives and the injured were taken to Aalo general hospital. The driver was arrested, police said..

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