The Mizoram-bound maxi-cab coming from Silchar in Assam rolled down into a gorge about 200 metres below the Aizawl-Lunglei road.
Among the dead were a mullah, who used to work in a mosque in Saiha district, and a Manipuri identified as Tomba Singh, an automobile mechanic who succumbed to his injuries after being brought to the Primary Health Centre in nearby Sialsuk village.
All the eight injured persons, which included one Mizo from Lunglei, were also admitted to the Sialsuk PHC where their condition was stated to be stable.