At least four Indian Army personnel died in a road accident on Thursday while on their way from Pedong in West Bengal to Zuluk in Sikkim.

The accident took place along Silk Route in Sikkim's Pakyong district.

The vehicle skidded off the road and fell approximately 700 to 800 feet down the gorge at Vertical Veer, near Dalopchand Dara along Rhenock Rongli state highway, popularly known as Silk Route, officials said.

The personnel were identified as driver Pradeep Patel from Madhya Pradesh, craftsman W Peter from Manipur, Naik Gursev Singh from Haryana and Subedar K Thangapandi from Tamil Nadu.

All the Army personnel belonged to a unit from Binaguri in West Bengal.

Source: India Today