Twenty eight people were travelling in the ill-fated 407truck yesterday and majority of them were from Silsury and Andermanik villages, who were going to West Phaileng village to open their bank accounts under the New Land Use Policy(NLUP), the flagship programme of the ruling Congress, the sources said.
Among those injured, the conditions of four persons were stated to be critical and were brought to the Aizawl Civil Hospital.
Police said that the truck, bearing a Tripura registration, hit a huge block of earth and rolled over on the gorge below the road.