Kalimpong,4th Oct,Mukesh Sharma: Five persons were feared dead and six others injured when the Bolero jeep (SK01J-1900) they were traveling in plunged into the Teesta after head on collision with a truck (WB73 C 3208) coming from the opposite direction near Geil Khola on NH31A under kalimpong police station. The Sikkim bound vehicle which started around 7.30 a.m in the morning from pakyong met with a accident at Gelkhola 18 kms from here, at about 9:30 a.m. today. While injured were rushed to Rambi block primary health centre,where later they were released after first aid .
The local and truck driver played a important role in the rescuing of the people soon after the incidentThe impact of the collision was so huge that the front of the truck was completely smashed.
There were 11 persons, including the driver, in the jeep. We have been able to recover a body and the jeep from the river. Four other persons are still missing, while six others managed to swim to safety,The driver of the truck Sawan Dukpa (21) has been arrested after the incident.” said a police sourcePolice said the accident occurred when the Siliguri-bound jeep that was coming from Pakyong in Sikkim collided head on with the truck while trying to overtake another vehicle and fell about 100 feet below the road and into the Teesta. The vehicle was recovered around 4pm with the help of recovery van and rafting member .
The dead body of Ram Krishna Rai, aged about 30, from Pache Samsing village in Sikkim has been recovered around 4 p.m from the jeep . Manwhile Tek Bahadur Bhujel,the driver of the vehicle , Deepak Gupta, Ganesh Gupta of a same family and Bilawal Hussein are among the missing who are supposed to be fear dead and been swept by river waves. Out of six injured 5 are in good shape while one Sahimidin Mia has a fractured in his right hand.An injured passenger Sayeed Alam, a construction worker working in Pakyong said that “Our vehicle was in full speed and was trying to overtake another jeep in front of us suddenly it collided with the truck coming from the opposite direction after which our car took a tumble and rolled into the river. but after dipping into the river i broke the rear window and came out safely as i knew swimming .Sahimidin Mia, who hand got fractured is a construction worker from Cooch Behar, said when the vehicle hit the water i was probably thrown out, and since he too knew swimming, he managed to come out safely. “Five out of four worker managed due to swimming skill came of safely but Bilwal Hussein from the same team later got missing as his body' said saheed alam(17)of Islampur .The whole team has been working in a construction site at Pakyong were travelling back to their homes .Member of Pakyong Zilla Panchayat santosh kr gurung ,CLC D.B.Gurung ,dist convenor T.B Gurung and G.M Gurung od rhenock constituency along with Ushman shiek owner of the vehicle and many relative of dead reached the spot .
The local and truck driver played a important role in the rescuing of the people soon after the incidentThe impact of the collision was so huge that the front of the truck was completely smashed.
There were 11 persons, including the driver, in the jeep. We have been able to recover a body and the jeep from the river. Four other persons are still missing, while six others managed to swim to safety,The driver of the truck Sawan Dukpa (21) has been arrested after the incident.” said a police sourcePolice said the accident occurred when the Siliguri-bound jeep that was coming from Pakyong in Sikkim collided head on with the truck while trying to overtake another vehicle and fell about 100 feet below the road and into the Teesta. The vehicle was recovered around 4pm with the help of recovery van and rafting member .
The dead body of Ram Krishna Rai, aged about 30, from Pache Samsing village in Sikkim has been recovered around 4 p.m from the jeep . Manwhile Tek Bahadur Bhujel,the driver of the vehicle , Deepak Gupta, Ganesh Gupta of a same family and Bilawal Hussein are among the missing who are supposed to be fear dead and been swept by river waves. Out of six injured 5 are in good shape while one Sahimidin Mia has a fractured in his right hand.An injured passenger Sayeed Alam, a construction worker working in Pakyong said that “Our vehicle was in full speed and was trying to overtake another jeep in front of us suddenly it collided with the truck coming from the opposite direction after which our car took a tumble and rolled into the river. but after dipping into the river i broke the rear window and came out safely as i knew swimming .Sahimidin Mia, who hand got fractured is a construction worker from Cooch Behar, said when the vehicle hit the water i was probably thrown out, and since he too knew swimming, he managed to come out safely. “Five out of four worker managed due to swimming skill came of safely but Bilwal Hussein from the same team later got missing as his body' said saheed alam(17)of Islampur .The whole team has been working in a construction site at Pakyong were travelling back to their homes .Member of Pakyong Zilla Panchayat santosh kr gurung ,CLC D.B.Gurung ,dist convenor T.B Gurung and G.M Gurung od rhenock constituency along with Ushman shiek owner of the vehicle and many relative of dead reached the spot .
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