Truck driver Dhruba KC and labourer Badri Bahadur Karki were injured seriously as the sand mound fell on them while they were digging sand and loading it into a mini truck (Ba 2 Kha 9925).[break]
Although they were rushed to the hospital after the incident, they breathed their last during the treatment, said police. Both of them were from Ramechhap district, it is learnt.
According to the police, the dead bodies have been taken to the Teaching Hospital for postmortem.
Administration at a loss as sand smuggling continues