Guwahati: A 45-year-old man tragically died after a tree fell on him at a road construction site near Rumtek on the Gangtok Bypass in Sikkim, police reported on Tuesday around 3 pm.
The deceased, identified as Santosh Giri, was working at the construction site when the accident occurred.
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Despite the prompt arrival of emergency services, he was pronounced dead at the scene. His body has been sent for a post-mortem to confirm the exact cause of death.
Authorities have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances leading to the tree collapse and to verify if safety measures were properly followed at the construction site.
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