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.
