{"id":12890,"date":"2022-12-23T14:25:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T14:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=12890"},"modified":"2022-12-23T14:25:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T14:25:23","slug":"16-indian-soldiers-killed-in-road-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/16-indian-soldiers-killed-in-road-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Indian soldiers killed in road accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>16 Indian soldiers killed in road accident. Sixteen soldiers were killed in India&#8217;s remote northeast on Friday when the military truck transporting them skidded down a steep mountain slope and crashed, the army said.<\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred in the state of Sikkim while the truck carrying the soldiers was negotiating a treacherous turn in a mountainous area near the border with China.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A rescue mission was immediately launched, and four injured soldiers have been air evacuated,&#8221; the Indian Army&#8217;s eastern command said in a statement, confirming three officers and 13 soldiers had died of injuries after the accident.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/76-people-killed-in-nigeria-boat-accident.html\">76 people killed in Nigeria boat accident<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sikkim has some of India&#8217;s most dangerous high-altitude roads, particularly along its isolated Himalayan border with Tibet.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12894\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/10.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/10-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/10-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/10.avif 960w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/10-225x300.avif 225w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/10-768x1024.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12895\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/11.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/11-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/11-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/11.avif 960w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/11-225x300.avif 225w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/11-768x1024.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Accidents involving army vehicles near the vast boundary with China and Pakistan leave many soldiers dead each year.<\/p>\n<p>In August, six paramilitaries were killed in an accident in India&#8217;s Illegally occupied Kashmir when an armoured vehicle carrying them rolled down a mountain slope.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister of India <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia\">Narendra Modi<\/a> and Defence minister Rajnath Singh condoled the loss of lives in the accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeeply pained by the loss of lives of the Indian Army personnel due to a road accident in North Sikkim. The nation is deeply grateful for their service and commitment. My condolences to the bereaved families. Praying for the speedy recovery of those who are injured,\u201d Rajnath Singh said on Friday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pained by the loss of lives of our brave army personnel due to a road mishap in Sikkim. Condolences to the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon: PM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PMO India (@PMOIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia\/status\/1606243759217418242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Deeply pained by the loss of lives of the Indian Army personnel due to a road accident in North Sikkim.<\/p>\n<p>The nation is deeply grateful for their service and commitment. My condolences to the bereaved families. Praying for the speedy recovery of those who are injured.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajnathsingh\/status\/1606227236515991553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 Indian soldiers killed in road accident. Sixteen soldiers were killed in India&#8217;s remote northeast on Friday when the military truck transporting them skidded down a steep mountain slope and crashed, the army said. The accident occurred in the state of Sikkim while the truck carrying the soldiers was negotiating a treacherous turn in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[7883,3825,139],"class_list":["post-12890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-indian-army","tag-narendra-modi","tag-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}