The driver went missing after an Indian Army truck while on operational duty moving from Gangtok towards Sevoke road skidded off the road and fell into Teesta River on Saturday.
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 2 (ANI/PNN): India is seeing a shortage of >25 per cent in the truck driver space with only ~750 drivers being available for every 1000 trucks.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has called for everyone's efforts to reduce road accidents by 50 per cent before the end of 2025.
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh said on Wednesday that the truck driver is yet to be identified, who managed to flee when the security forces stopped the truck in the Sidhra area of Jammu.
As many as four terrorists travelling in a truck to Srinagar were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Sidhra area of Jammu on Wednesday morning, said police.
The police had earlier reported that the post-mortem on all the eight victims had been conducted and the treatment of the four injured victims was underway.
Truck drivers in the Afghan province of Paktia raised concerns regarding the surge in incidents of armed robberies on highways. However, the security officials refuted the claims made by drivers of theft and said that measures have been taken to ensure security on highways.