GANGTOK, 27 Jan: A spectacular accident involving an army truck occurred at Bojoghari on 26 January. While there was no loss of life, there was much damage to property including two private vehicles one of which was totally demolished and the front portion of a building on the highway into which the army truck crashed. The driver of the truck was injured and immediately evacuated to the army hospital.
The accident took place at around 3 p.m. on 26 January when it had just started to drizzle.
Army personnel who arrived at the spot shortly after opined that the accident was probably due to a brake failure. The truck crashed into a private vehicle [SK 02A 6752] belonging to an SAP personnel on and then into a parked car [UP 32 BJ 4600], said to belong to the manager of the SBI branch there, which it totally smashed before landing in front of a private residence off the road side.
Fortunately there was no one in the parked car at the time of the crash and the driver of the other vehicle into which the truck initially crashed also escaped without injuries. Some of the locals in the area have also voiced the need of a speed breaker at the spot.
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