At least six persons died and 15 were injured when a Sikkim-bound bus veered off the NH10 and fell around 200 feet into a gorge on the banks of the Teesta river at Andheri in Kalimpong near Sikkim on Saturday afternoon.

The accident happened between Andheri and Atal Setu, about 1 km from the Rangpo border, around 3 pm. The bus, heading to Gangtok from Siliguri, veered off the NH-10 and crash-landed on the bank of the Teesta river,

Five people were killed and 15 others injured as a bus plunged into a 150-ft-deep gorge near the West Bengal-Sikkim border on Saturday afternoon, police said.

( MENAFN - IANS) Kolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) At least, five persons were reportedly killed and several others were injured after a tourist bus lost its balance and fell into the Teesta River near the West Bengal-Sikkim border at Rangpo on the Sikkim side.

Six people were killed and 15 others injured as a bus plunged into a 150-ft-deep gorge near the West Bengal-Sikkim border on Saturday afternoon, police said

At least five people have died and 15 others are injured after a bus fell into a 150-foot-deep gorge near the West Bengal-Sikkim border. The accident happened around 3 pm near the Rangpo border. The critically injured passengers have been taken to a health center,

The incident took place around 3:50 pm while the bus was on its daily route to Gangtok. According to the initial reports, a brake failure may have caused the accident.