The accident happened around 11.30am when the President and the chief minister were travelling to Bagdogra to catch a flight to Delhi. Trinamul sources said the chief minister was not scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi separately tomorrow. Mukherjee and Tripathi then proceeded towards Kalimpong, where they waited for the chief minister. The President stopped his car, which was half a kilometre ahead, and waited for 15 minutes at Gorabari. The President's Tata Safari and the three vehicles in front of it moved on as the chief minister, who was two cars behind the one that met with the accident, stopped immediately and got off.

Source: The Telegraph July 15, 2016 21:22 UTC