CHITRAL – A Chinese mining engineer drowned in river in Mastuj area ofupper Chitral and died on the spot while two others survived on Saturday.
According to SHO Mastuj police station, three Chinese engineers working fora Peshawar based private mining company were crossing a wooden bridge overa water channel at Chamrkun.
The wooded ladders broke and they fell down into the river Gol area nearMastuj of upper Chitral, as result Yu Cheng died on the spot while twoothers named Jiangbao and Lee Quan were rescued. Cheng’s body was fishedout of the river and was shifted to Rural Health Center Mastuj forpostmortem.
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Wooden bridges in Chitral are in very dilapidated condition which have notbeen repaired since British rule.
