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Sixteen troopers have been killed in India’s distant northeast Friday when the navy truck transporting them skidded down a steep mountain slope and crashed, the military mentioned.

The accident occurred within the state of Sikkim whereas the truck carrying the troopers was negotiating a treacherous flip in a mountainous space close to the border with China.

“A rescue mission was immediately launched, and four injured soldiers have been air evacuated,” the Indian Army’s jap command mentioned in an announcement, confirming three officers and 13 troopers had died of accidents after the accident.

Sikkim has a few of India’s most harmful high-altitude roads, notably alongside its remoted Himalayan border with Tibet.

Accidents involving military autos close to the huge boundary with China and Pakistan go away many troopers lifeless every year.

In August, six paramilitaries have been killed in an accident in Indian-administered Kashmir when an armoured car carrying them rolled down a mountain slope.

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