Four Army Veterans Killed in Bus Crash at Arunachal’s West Kameng

Rupa, September 28, 2019:

As many as four people were killed including an Ex-Army man and army driver and several others injured after a minibus carrying them crashed at Chug Bridge in West Kameng district’s Rupa on Friday.

As per reports, the accident took place at the Chug Bridge in West Kameng district at around 7 pm in the evening.

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The bus carrying the army personnel belonged to 14- Kumaon Regiment of Indian Army.

Nearly 18 veterans were on board, who met with the accident. It has been reported that the jawans were on their way to attend the ‘Veterans Rally’ scheduled to be held at Rupa on Saturday, from Tawang.

The deceased have been identified as Passang Monpa, Tsowang Norbu, Norbu Lama, and driver Mukesh Kumar Yadav, of the Regiment.

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The injured were rushed to the Military Hospital in Dating.

More details awaited.

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