Four army personnel killed in road accident in Sikkim

Gangtok: Four army personnel were killed in a road accident in Pakyong district of Sikkim on Thursday, police said.

They said the vehicle carrying Army EMC personnel stationed in Binnaguri, West Bengal, skidded off the road at Vertical Bhir along the Rhenock-Rongli highway and fell into a forest below.

There were four passengers in the vehicle, all of whom died on the spot, police said.

The deceased were identified as Sepoy Pradip Patel of Madhya Pradesh, CFN W Peter, resident of Imphal, Naik Gursev Singh, resident of Haryana, and Subedar K Thangapandi, resident of Tamil Nadu.

Police said the cause of the accident had not yet been determined and investigations were ongoing. The bodies of the dead had been handed over to the army, police added.