The incident occurred yesterday when the log laden truck, in which the people were travelling, fell deep down the road near Duilemroi mini hydel project and submerged into a river. The truck was moving towards Kohima.
All the bodies were retrieved from the river by the nearby villagers and handed over to the relatives.
In another incident, a handyman (helper) of a truck was killed on the spot when the vehicle rammed into the trunk of huge uprooted tree in Purana Bazar area of Dimapur last night, police said.