Sikkim: Four Indian Army personnel killed in road accident
Meanwhile, the cause of the accident is presently under investigation..........
GANGTOK- Four Indian Army personnel died in a road accident while commuting from West Bengal to Sikkim on Thursday. The group — which belonged to a unit from Binaguri in West Bengal — had been heading from Pedong in Kalimpong district to Zuluk along the Silk Route. The incident took place in Pakyong District.
According to details shared by Indian Army officials, the deceased include driver Pradeep Patel from Madhya Pradesh, craftsman W Peter from Manipur, Naik Gursev Singh from Haryana and Subedar K Thangapandi from Tamil Nadu.
The accident took place when a vehicle transporting soldiers from the Army’s EMC unit, stationed at Binnaguri, West Bengal, careened off the road at Vertical Bhir on the Rhenock-Rongli highway. The vehicle tumbled into a wooded area below the road.
Meanwhile, the cause of the accident is presently under investigation, and authorities are diligently working to ascertain the circumstances that led to the vehicle veering off the road.
