2 women electrocuted in Meghalaya

Shillong, Jun 19 : Two women were electrocuted at Ladrymbai in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya yesterday when the truck in which they were travelling came in contact with a live wire, police said here today.

Police are investigating how the vehicle came in contact with such a high voltage wire, sources said.

In another incident, a nine-year-old boy drowned in the Myntdu river, while a youth died on the spot after he was ran over by a truck at Lumshnong village of the same district, sources added.