Daramdin road mishap claims 4

DARAMDIN, 09 Sept: A major road mishap last morning here at Daramdin in West Sikkim near the Sai Mandir claimed four lives and left one seriously injured. A private Maruti Alto bearing registration number SK/02/P/4520 which was heading towards Jorethang from Daramdin met with an accident near Daramdin Sai Mandir.
At around 7 AM on 08 September, the vehicle suddenly lost control and went off the road and fell around 700 ft into the river Rangang, inform locals. The police at Sombaria and Daramdin were informed about the accident and a police team assisted by residents conducted a rescue operation. The rescue team managed to rescue two injured passengers while three were found dead at the spot.
One of the injured died on the way to the hospital while the only survivor of this fatal accident is under medical treatment.
Amongst the deceased are Bishnudeep Rai (16), Aditya Rai (16) and Sunit Rai (14) of Zoom, West Sikkim while Kapil Suman (17) was a student of United Academy, a private educational institute in Daramdin.
As learnt, the only survivor Pritish Pradhan (14) who was driving the car was also a student of United Academy. The car belongs to the Principal of United Academy and it was heading towards Jorethang in order to dispose off the garbage of the school.
Police has registered the case at Daramdin Thana and investigation into the case has begun. MLA Daramdin Constituency, Tenzi Sherpa along with SP West, DB Giri, SDPO Soreong TD Kazi, also visited the spot of the accident.
The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained while preliminary investigation has revealed that the boy who was driving the car was a minor and most probably a beginner who did not possess a driving licence. The autopsy of the dead bodies was carried out at Namchi District Hospital and handed over to their families later.