A person has been missing in Marshyangdi River after a cargo truck fell off the road at Syange of Taghring, Marshyangdi Rural Municipality-4 in Lamjung district on Wednesday.

The Tata mini truck (Ba 2 Kha 9606) en route to Manang from Kathmandu fell some 70 metres down into the river at around 9 am this morning, according to the locals.

Rajan, the truck’s conductor, has been missing while two other victims—driver Anil Shrestha and Manang District Health Office account officer Subas Adhikari—were rescued with minor injuries and have been sent to Lamjung headquarters Besisahar for further medical treatment in an ambulance, informed Marshyangdi Rural Municipality-4 ward chairman Suman Gurung.

Bahundaanda Police Beat Sub-Inspector Jit Bahadur Thapa informed that a police team is heading towards the site of incident which is at a distance of 3 hours from the police station.