Siliguri/Gangtok, Nov. 25: Six persons were killed and nine were injured in two road mishaps in the last 24 hours.

One person died and seven others were hurt after a Jalpaiguri-bound bus collided with a pickup van on NH31D near Talmahat, 30km from Siliguri, today.

Police said the injured were taken to Jalpaiguri District Hospital and both the vehicles were seized. The deceased is yet to be identified.

In another accident, five persons were killed on the spot and two others were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road at Eighth Mile near Gyalshing Bazar in West Sikkim last night.

The police said the accident occurred around 10.30pm yesterday, when the car carrying eight passengers, including the driver, was travelling from Singtam to Uttarey.

Those who died on the spot, 117km from Gangtok, have been identified as Harka Bahadur Sankar, Lok Nath Lamichaney, Tara Devi Lamichanay, Pushpa Maya Gaidaly, and driver Bir Bahadur Shankar. Two of the injured, Arjun Kumar Gaidaly and Jiwan Kumar Biswakarma, have been admitted to Sir Thutob Namgyal Memorial Hospital in Gangtok.

The police said three-year-old Bibek Gaidaly, the son of Pushpa Maya, survived without a scratch. The families were from Singtam and were related to each other.