ByBiswa Kalyan Purkayastha
SILCHAR: Five of a household died after their car skidded off the freeway and rolled down right into a 150-feet deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kamle district, police mentioned on Tuesday. A 4-year-old woman was the one survivor within the lethal accident close to Daporijo city in Kamle district.
Kamle district superintendent of police (SP) Thutan Jamba mentioned 5 of the six members died on the spot however miraculously, the little woman survived (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Police mentioned the accident befell at about 1:30am on Tuesday when the car was presumably attempting to meet up with an ambulance carrying one other member of the family, a most cancers affected person being shifted from Guwahati to a hospital in Arunachal Pradesh’s Naharlagun.
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“The family members had stopped somewhere near Daporijo town for tea…. Once they were back on the road, the Bolero driver raced to catch up with the ambulance which had continued without a break,” a police officer mentioned. The accident befell minutes later.
“After receiving the information, we reached the spot and after almost four hours, the dead bodies were recovered,” mentioned Kamle district superintendent of police (SP) Thutan Jamba.
Jamba mentioned that 5 of the six members died on the spot however miraculously, the little woman survived. “Maybe the adults shielded her when the car was rolling down,” he mentioned.
“We rescued her and sent her to a nearby hospital. She is responding well to the treatment,” he mentioned.
The deceased have been recognized as Tania Yudik (40), Tajum Nuk(24), Pakmar Paksok (21), Beto Marde (24) and Getor Pagmen(33).
Officials mentioned that the our bodies have been despatched to Naharlagun hospital for postmortem and later handed over to the household.
“Five of the six passengers died and the little survivor is struggling. So we cannot say what actually happened. We’ll try to record the statement of the other family members, once they are ready,” police mentioned.
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