Sikkim, 23/12: Sixteen Army jawans were killed and four others injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge at a remote location in North Sikkim near the India-China border on Friday.
According to a senior police officer, the injured have been airlifted to an Army hospital in North Bengal.
The mishap took place at around 8 am at Zema 3, about 15 kms away from Lachen, located at a distance of around 130 km away from State capital Gangtok.
Chungthang Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Arun Thatal informed that the Army vehicle was heading towards the border posts with 20 occupants. The vehicle seemed to have veered off the road while negotiating a curve in the Zema 3 area and crashed hundreds of feet down.
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