Namli road mishap claims one, injures 10

GANGTOK, 06 Jan: One person succumbed to his injuries while 10 others, including the driver, sustained injuries in an accident involving a tai jeep at 9th Mile, Namli, a few kilometers ahead of Ranipool [towards Singtam] at around 6 this morning.
Officer In-charge of the Ranipool Police Station, PI Pashuram Sharma, while speaking to NOW! over the telephone, confirmed that a taxi Maxx [SK-01J-1328] heading for Siliguri from Gangtok with 11 occupants, including the driver, went off the road and fell approximately 30 to 40 feet down, while negotiating a blind curve at Namli.
All the passengers were residents of Dolakha in Nepal working as labourers and porters in and around Gangtok were returning home and had reserved the vehicle for the journey. In Gangtok, they have been residing at Sisha Golai and Arithang for the past 10 to 12 years.
The Ranipool police received information about the accident at around 6.30 AM and all the occupants of the vehicle were rushed to Central Referral Hospital, Tadong, for treatment. One of the passengers, 27 year old Arjun Karki, succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. Meanwhile two passengers were discharged after receiving medical treatment from the hospital.
The driver, Navin Biswakarma [32], a resident of Sisha Golai, Gangtok, who has sustained head injuries has been admitted into the ICU. He will be under observation for the next 24 hours because of his injury. He will be questioned by the police after he recovers and is shifted out from the ICU.
Meanwhile, a case under section 279/ 337/ 304 ‘A’ [rash driving or riding on a public way, causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others and causing death by negligence] of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against the driver Navin Biswakarma at the Ranipool Police Station.