Out of control truck rams 3 vehicles at Nam Nang-Deorali junction

GANGTOK, 25 April: In a mishap which could have ended much worse had it occurred even an hour later, a DCM truck rammed into three parked vehicles here at the Nam Nang-Deorali Road junction early this morning. The driver, handyboy and two labourers on board the vehicle were injured.
A 407 DCM truck [WB-73A-7394] coming down the Nam Nang road lost control at the junction with NH 31A at Deorali at around 5.40 A.M. and first hit a telephone pole, then rammed into a parked government Gypsy [SK-01G-1143], then hit another government vehicle, a Bolero [SK-01G-0643] before colliding with another utility [WB-73B-8059] vehicle coming up from Deorali, informed PI Tshering Sherpa [Officer Incharge, Sadar Police Station], today.
The vehicle also damaged the gate, wall and grill of Mount Carmel Academy situated right at the junction and the front portion of two houses.
An FIR has been lodged in the Sadar Police Station against the driver, Mani Noor Rehman [19], a resident of Coochbehar and currently staying at Salugara in Siliguri, West Bengal and he has been booked under sections 279/336/337/427 read with 177/184/CMV Act 1988.
This was an accident waiting to happen. It is a common sight to see trucks and smaller pick-ups drive at reckless speeds on the highway through town every morning, a time when most of the traffic on the roads is school-bound.