Two dead, three injured as Giant rock crushes cars in Nagaland | Video

livemint.com:

National Highway nearNagaland’s Chumoukedima district Tuesday evening. The incident happened amid heavy rains on National Highway 29 near Old Chumoukedima police checkpost around 5 pm. The identity of the victims is still not known,Nagaland police said.

One person died on the spot, while another person succumbed to the injuries during treatment at the Referral Hospital, PTI reported citing officials. Another person is still stuck inside one of the cars and the rescue work was on to bring him out, the report claimed. The three injured are undergoing treatment at the hospital, officials said.

In a viral video posted by ANI, a massive rock can be seen rolling down and hitting the cars one after the other. The impact of the accident was such that the cars turned into a heap of metal. Within a second, another rock can be seen rolling down and hitting a third car - which flipped and hit a truck standing next to it.

The cars were coming from the Kohima side andthe accident was caught on the dash camera of a vehicle behind them, the PTI reported. In a tweetNagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio condoled the loss of lives and said the place where the accident occurred is known as "pakala pahar" and is infamous for landslides and rockfalls. "Today, rockfall on the National Highway at around 5pm between Dimapur & Kohima caused serious damage including death to 2 persons & serious injury to 3 others.

This place has always been known as "pakala pahar"; known for landslides & rockfalls," he tweeted. He said his government is taking all necessary steps to provide emergency services and necessary medical help to the injured. The Chief Minister also announced an ex-gratia financial assistance of ₹ 4 lakh for the families of the victims,