On Friday, a dumper slid down into a 400-foot-deep canyon at Chamalwas in the Ramban region of Jammu & Kashmir, killing one person.
A police official said the driver of the dumper was critically injured in the mishap following which he was shifted to sub-district hospital Banihal where he was declared dead on arrival.
The deceased was identified as Reyaz Ahmad Lohar (35), son of Ghulam Mohiuddin Lohar, a resident of Chamalwas Banihal.
The dumper was involved in the highway construction work.