Vehicle falls into gorge in Darjeeling, 1 injured and 1 killed

A man was killed and another injured on Wednesday after a vehicle carrying them lost control and fell into a gorge near a waterfall in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, police said.

The vehicle met with the accident near Batasia Loop, on its way to Siliguri from Darjeeling, the police said. The driver had lost control of the vehicle while trying to negotiate a turn.

Police personnel from Jora Bungalow police station rescued the injured person, Kumar Thakuri, and sent him to the Darjeeling District Hospital.

The deceased, identified as Bhakta Bahadur Thapa, was a resident of the Gorabari area of the district. His body was sent to the same hospital for post-mortem, the police said.

The driver was arrested.