Four persons died on the spot and 40 others were injured, seven of them critically, when a Sikkim Nationalised Transport (SNT) bus rolled down 300 feet from a mountain road at Ambithang in North Sikkim district today. The bus was on way to Mangan, the North district headquarter from Gangtok about 70 km away. The accident took place about 1 km from Mangan at around 11.45 a m, the reports said. Three bodies were retreived from the bus 41 injured were rushed to the local public health centre. State Transport Minister D T Lepcha, senior offciers of the department and SNT rushed to the spot.

Source: dna August 17, 2017 14:26 UTC