ONE PERSON WAS DEAD AND ANOTHER MISSING WHEN A LOADED CANTER W.B 73 B
4552 FELL DOWN APPROXIMATELY 150 FT IN THE TEESTA RIVER NEAR GELKHOLA
AREA OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY 31(A). THE VEHICLE WAS SPOTTED BY THE LOCALS
WHO THEN INFORMED THE TEESTA POLICE, THE POLICE REACHED THE SPOT AND
RECOVERED THE BODY OF THE HELPER BUDDA TIRUWA RESIDENT OF BIRICK DARA
N.H 31(A), WHERE AS THE BODY OF THE DRIVER NIMA SHERPA RESIDENT OF
ALGARAH WAS NOT FOUND IN THE VEHICLE, HE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE BEEN
FLOWN BY THE RIVER POLICE AND RAFTING RESCUE GROUP HAS STARTED
SEARCHING FOR THE MISSING DRIVER.THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TOWARD SIKKIM
FROM SILIGURI. AS KALIMPONG WITNESSED HAEVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY NIGHT
THE ACCIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED DUE TO THE SLIPPERY CONDITION IN
WHICH DRIVER LOST THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE POST MORTEM OF THE
HELPER HAS BEEN CONDUCTED IN KALIMPONG SUB DIVISIONAL HOSPITAL AND THE
BODAY HAS BEEN HANDED OVER TO THE RELATIVES.
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