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Four dead, three injured after car plunges into ditch in north Bengal

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October 05, 2025

In a tragic accident, four people were killed and three others injured after a car plunged into a 50-foot-deep ditch near Kalimpong in north Bengal, police said on Saturday.

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According to the police, the accident happened last night. They said the vehicle was travelling from Patharjhora to Gangtok in Sikkim on Friday night when it fell into the gorge in the Melli Kirani area along National Highway 10, under Kalimpong police station limits.

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