Speeding vehicle loses control near Singtam, injures 5

GANGTOK, 23 April: Five people [including a nine-month-old child] along with the driver were injured in a road accident near Singtam on Sunday afternoon.
According to a written FIR lodged by Prem Lall Sharma [20], son of Abichandra Sharma, a resident of Temi Tarku in South Sikkim, on 22 April at around 1.45 PM the complainant alongwith three of his relatives were returning to Temi Tarku from Gangtok in an Alto Taxi [SK/04/T/0089] driven by Anju Sherpa [21] of Chuba Perbing, South Sikkim.
After crossing Gaidhara, the vehicle that was being driven at high speed suddenly came into the course of an approaching motorcycle on a bend. The driver lost control [due to over speeding, as per the complaint] and the vehicle skidded off the road and fell approximately 300 feet down into the jungle.
All five occupants, Bal Kumari Basnett [28] from Namchi, Savitri Basnett [22] from Temi Tarku, Samshriti Chettri [9 months old], along with the complainant and the driver were immediately taken to the Singtam District Hospital. The victims Bal Kumari Basnett and Savitri Basnett were then referred to the Central Referral Hospital at Tadong, while the others were discharged after being given first aid.
The alleged driver was arrested by the Singtam police and later released on bail. A case under section 279/337 [rash driving or riding on a public way and causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others] of the Indian Penal Code was registered against him at the Singtam Police Station. The case is under investigation.