Army man dies, several injured in Arunachal Pradesh accident

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ITANAGAR: An army jawan died on the spot while, four others were serious injured in an accident that occurred in Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh Wednesday morning, a senior official from the district said.

The army vehicle carrying 11 personnel were coming from a transit camp at Migging and was on its way to Tuting Army camp in the district, the official said.

The truck fell into a deep gorge in between Pango and Tuting in the district at around 7.10 am while negotiating the hilly road, Tuting Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Starlie Jamoh said.

"While one jawan, identified as Jasman Singh of the 4th Sikh Light Infantry Regiment, died on the spot and the others were injured, four of them seriously," the ADC said quoting army sources.

Four seriously injured jawans were evacuated by an army chopper out of which, one was admitted at Dinjan army base hospital in Assam's Tinsukia district and the remaining three were admitted at Army Base Hospital in Guwahati, Jamoh said adding, six other jawans who received minor injuries, were sent to Tuting by road.

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