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Arunachal Pradesh: Vehicle falls into gorge, all passengers rescued

| @indiablooms | Aug 20, 2018, at 11:26 pm

Guwahati, Aug 20 (IBNS): The Indian Army on Monday rescued eight civilians when a vehicle met an accident in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang region. 

According to the reports, the vehicle met an accident, where the eight persons were travelling from Holy Water Falls (Damteng) to Tawang.

The vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a 300 meters deep gorge.

Following the incident, the jawans of Indian Army's East Tawang Brigade under the aegis of Blazing Sword Division from a nearby camp immediately rushed to the accident site and rescued the passengers. 

Tezpur based Defence PRO Harsh Wardhan said that, their timely act prevented loss of any life.

"All the rescued persons were provided with immediate medical aid at the Army Camp," the Defence PRO said.

 

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati) 

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