MANGAN, 01 Apr: A North Sikkim holiday was cut short for a group of eight tourists today when the vehicle they had hired for the journey met with an accident at Ambithang near Mangan this [01 April 2012] afternoon. All nine people on board, eight tourists and the driver, were injured, with the condition of four reported to be grievous when the Mahindra Maxx [Sk-03J 0348] they were traveling in to Lachung from Gangtok tumbled about 200 feet off the road at Ambithang at around 2 p.m.
The injured persons were evacuated to the District Hospital at Mangan for first aid and referred on to the Central Referral Hospital at Gangtok.
The injured tourists are: Devarshi Battacharya, Ms. Juni Das, Sampo Chaudahry, Rahul Bose, Santanan Chuodhary, Ms. Nikita Choudhary, Ms. Sutpadeep Das and Mihir das and the driver Md. Mustaq.
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