KHUJAND, November 7, 2008, Asia-Plus  -- One person has been killed on the Shahriston Pass in northern Tajikistan as falling rocks have sent the truck Ural-357 falling into an 80-meter precipice, according to the Sughd police directorate.

“A 24-year-old resident of the Kuhistoni Mastchoh Abdullo Quvatov was killed on November 5 as the rockfall sent his truck Ural-357 falling from the Shahriston Pass falling into an 80-meter precipice,” the source at the Sughd police directorate said.