A 36-year-old woman died after being hit by a boulder during road construction work in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, the police said.

Nara Devi, a resident of Tinder village, died at Gahar near Tinder in Banjar tehsil on Monday, Kullu superintendent of police Gaurav Singh said.

A case under sections 336 (act endangering life), 304A (death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered in this regard, he added.

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