Two persons succumbed to injuries when a Tata Sumo taxi rolled down some 300 feet below the road near the Bhandari Town Police check gate Monday afternoon.
According to police, six other passengers including the driver were also injured in the accident. Three of them were stated to be in serious condition.
According to Bhandari police, the deceased were identified as Renjamo Odyuo (80+) from Serika village under Wokha district and Ganesh Giri (25) from Chandrapur, Golaghat district, Assam. They succumbed to their injuries at the CHC Bhandari.
Two men, reportedly CISF personnel posted at Doyang, were seriously injured and shifted to Golaghat hospital while the woman, from Yimpang village under Wokha district, was shifted to Dimapur for treatment.
Police said that it was some passersby who noticed the vehicle which had rolled down the gorge and informed the Bhandari police.
The vehicle bearing registration number AS01AM5150 was coming from Merapani to Wokha carrying eight persons including the driver.
The cause of the accident could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.