Two teachers of Sengten lower secondary school died in an accident, Thursday evening in Samtse. One was killed on the spot and the other died on the way to Samtse hospital.
There were five people including the driver when the Hyundai Tucson, they were travelling in went off the road and fell some two hundred meters below the road at Chautari under Dorokha Dungkhag. One is said to be in critical condition while two others are said to be in stable condition. All the five are teachers at Sengten lower secondary school.
The vehicle was returning from Yabala when the accident took place. They had gone to Yabala to shop form essentials for a function planned on the second of May.
The probable cause of the accident is said to bad weather, as it was raining heavily at the time.