Pokhara, Nepal: At least 15 construction workers died and many others injured when a tipper met with a fatal accident at Ghiling of Upper Mustang on Friday.

The ill-fated tipper with registration umber Ba 2 Ka 222, which was ferrying construction workers for Jomsom-Korala road section, had plunged on the road. 

As the accident site was about five hours walk from the district headquarters Jomsom, rescue of the injured passengers was delayed.

 The cause of the accident and details about the accident is yet to come.