16 army personnel dead as truck falls into gorge in Sikkim
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The Ministry of Defence informed that an Army truck met with an accident at Zema in north Sikkim on Friday claiming the lives of 16 Indian Army soldiers. The deceased included three Junior Commissioned Officers and 13 soldiers. Relief and rescue operations were launched immediately and four soldiers, who sustained injuries, were evacuated using helicopters.