An Army personnel lost his life, and two others were injured when an Indian Army truck skidded off National Highway-13 near the PT Ground of the 30 Battalion, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), in Dirang of West Kameng district. The incident took place around 2 A.M. on Friday as the truck, from the 18 Sikh Light Infantry, was en route to the unit with three Army personnel onboard.
The vehicle lost control while navigating the hilly section of the highway, crashing through the chain-link fence of the 30 Bn SSB campus and tumbling down the steep slope. The Rapid Rescue Team (RRT) of the 30 Bn SSB promptly responded to the scene upon receiving the news of the accident.
Rescue teams extricated the injured soldiers from the badly damaged truck and rushed them for urgent medical care. While one soldier received initial treatment at the SSB Unit MI Room before being transferred to the District Hospital in Bomdila, Subedar Surendar Singh succumbed to his injuries at the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Dirang. The two surviving soldiers are currently stable and under observation at the District Hospital in Bomdila and the CHC in Dirang.
The mishap was reported to the concerned Army authorities by the SSB, and investigations are ongoing to determine the exact cause of the accident.
