Parked tourist vehicle slides off near Tsomgo, army rushes to the rescue

GANGTOK, 11 Apr: In a freak mishap, seven tourists seated in a parked Tata Sumo Registration No SK01 S 2171 had a narrow escape when the parked vehicle rolled off the road down a slope this evening near Tsomgo Market. All occupants escaped with minor injuries courtesy the proactive and timely intervention of army personnel of Black Cat Division deployed at Tsomgo who promptly evacuated the victims to the nearest Army Hospital. 

A press release from the Army informs that one of the occupants might have accidentally disengaged the gear of the parked vehicle following which the vehicle started moving and tumbled down around 20 feet off the road.

Major Arun Balakrishnan of the Black Cat Division and his driver were travelling along that route when they saw a commotion near the accident site. He and his driver immediately rushed to the rescue of the vehicle and evacuated the tourists to the Army Hospital at Milestone 17, the release informs. 

The critically injured - M Sarkar (38), M Sarkar (35), N Kumar Singha (32) and R Singha (56) were immediately attended to by the Army medics while the remaining three, S Begum (38), S Bose (38) and A Begum (14) were given first aid. They were later evacuated to Gangtok.