Gangtok, September 5: Four Army personnel were killed in a road accident in Sikkim's Pakyong district on Thursday, police said.
The vehicle carrying Army's EMC personnel stationed at Binnaguri, West Bengal skidded off the road at Vertical Bhir along the Rhenock-Rongli highway and fell into a forest down below, they said. There were four occupants in the vehicle all whom died on the spot, the police said. Pakyong Road Accident: 4 Indian Army Personnel Die in Road Accident During Commute From Pedong to Zuluk Along Silk Route; Check Names Here.
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The deceased are Sepoy Pradip Patel from Madhya Pradesh, CFN W Peter resident of Imphal, Naik Gursev Singh resident of Haryana and Subedar K Thangapandi resident of Tamil Nadu. Police said that the cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained and investigation is on. The bodies of the deceased were handed over to the Army, the police added.