Himalayan Times (1954)

Ten Sjirwlneen ifimt. May 2, 1954

S. U. M, INSTITUTION ACCIDENTS ON THE TEESTA VALLEY RO/>D

Kaiimpoag. April 29 • ( From Our Correspondent )

. There will bo a gene- Kalimpong, April 29

ral meeting of the Scottish Early on Saturday Their beddings w< re still

Universit'es Mission Insti- morning, the 24th April, under the ill-iaU-d truck

tution former pupils Asso- at about 5-30 a m., Truck when I visited the spot.

ciation on Saturday, the No W.G Y. (561 steered off A wood-chopper was bru-

8th. May, 1954 in the- ita course and crashed shed off and sustained

Girls' Mission High School into a tree The incident minor injuries The dri-

promises at- 1.1-30 a. m took place at the Andoar- ver escaped with an in-

and all former pupils of 80n Bridge approach. Sili- jured right arm which

the Scottish Universities gurj ea(\. . The impact was attended to in the

Mission Institution will caused the no-e of the Uharteris hospital. The

kiudly extend their Co- vehicle to telescope up. police are investigating the

operation to make this a to the driver's cabin. cause of the mishap.

big success. Had the tree not been * * *

Agenda: ;l) To discuss there the consequences That same evening,

and approve the constitu- might have been grave what appeared to be a

.tion framed by the draft to the extreme. The dri- brand new 3-ton truck.

Constitution Committee; ver, it appeared', had lost skidded off the Teesta

. '■(■2) To elect the office control of ^his charge and Valley road at the 13th

bearers for the ensuing . had purposely used the M.P 'and crashed tailwise

veflr. tree to. piit a full stop some one hundred feet

t, a' , t0 the billing vehicle. down Che embankm<nt,.

Cm To fix. up a suita- _ , . . . . , „

ble day to. celebrate Re- Fo'»' !»«« ',e l.,0,!>' wa.a h"r,ed °n

Union l)av for everv year. spent the n.ght sleeping the chas.s and reduced to

• under tlr.s particular tree splinters but the engine

NEW LOOK" ,ON THE ,wero well-nii'h victims of looked as if it was intact.

TEESTA VALLEY ROAD what might have been a ' nfc driver and an ocou-

Kalimpong, April, 2!) major tragedy, due to pant were seriously'inji';

".The stretch of .road from thid recklasoiiess. Luckily red and were removed to

the Coronation Bridge to for them they were awake 'he Siliguri hospital for

Gielle Khola station has and got the opportunity attention. The condition

a tine surface on it now. to dash out of the way. °f the driver is serious.
The; Works and Building
Department of the Govt,
of West Bengal have pro-
vided it with coat of pre-
mixed chips Where once
it was quite an ordeal to
motor -from Kalimpong to
Siliguri it is now a plea-
sure. Gone are the clouds
of dust and the thousand
and one bumps which
motorists used to encoun-
ter. • •.

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