16 Indian soldiers killed in road accident

NEW DELHI, 24 December 2022, (TON): The army said “sixteen soldiers were killed in India’s remote northeast when the military truck transporting them skidded down a steep mountain slope and crashed.”

The accident occurred in the state of Sikkim while the truck carrying the soldiers was negotiating a treacherous turn in a mountainous area near the border with China.

“A rescue mission was immediately launched, and four injured soldiers have been air evacuated,” the Indian Army’s eastern command said in a statement, confirming three officers and 13 soldiers had died of injuries after the accident.

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