A tipper driver has gone missing after being swept away by a local flooded Bauli river in Bajura district along the Martadi-Kolti road.

The tipper (Se 2 Ta 3225) was also washed away by the river along with its driver Duba Narayan Chaudhary, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Kabindra Singh Bohara. However, the truck got stuck in a stone. A search has been launched for the missing Chaudhary, he said.