India: Two people died as huge boulders came crashing down a hill and completely crushed two cars due to a landslide in Nagaland this evening.
Three others suffered serious injuries in the incident that occurred around 5 pm in Chumoukedima district, between Dimapur and Kohima. The identity of the victims is not known yet.
After completely crushing the two cars, one of the boulders goes on to topple another car, showed the horrific footage captured on a dashboard camera of a car waiting behind.
The place where the incident occurred is known as “pakala pahar” and is infamous for landslides and rockfalls, according to Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio who condoled the loss of lives in a tweet.
“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.
