Itanagar, Feb 22: One person was killed and three others were seriously injured when the SUV they were travelling in fell into a gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Shi-Yomi district early on Sunday morning, police said.
The accident took place near Yapik village when four people were travelling in an SUV towards Aalo in West Siang district, a police officer said.
The vehicle skidded off the road and fell 70-80 metres into the gorge between midnight and 1 am on Sunday, Tato police station officer-in-charge Sunny Wangsu said.
The deceased has been identified as Sandeep Kumar Sain (40), a businessman from Aalo. Investigation is underway to ascertain the cause of the accident, the police officer said.
The body has been sent to the District Hospital at Tato, where post-mortem examination would be conducted, he said, adding that the injured persons are undergoing treatment at the Zonal General Hospital, Aalo. (PTI)