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Assam: Seven killed in separate road mishaps in past 24 hours

Assam: Seven killed in separate road mishaps in past 24 hours

India Blooms News Service | | 21 Jan 2017, 07:05 pm
Guwahati, Jan 21 (IBNS): At least seven people were killed and several others were injured in different road mishaps in Assam in past 24 hours.

According to the reports, two people were killed while a speeding vehicle fell down in a river in Goalpara district on Friday night.

The deceased persons were identified as Bhaskar Kalita and Alal Khandakar.

The Goalpara district police said that, the vehicle fell down in the river after hitting a wooden bridge.

On the other hand, a trader named Bijay Jain was killed at Diphu railway station in Karbi Anglong district, while the Dibrugarh bound Rajdhani Express hit the trader when he tried to cross the railway track.

In separate incident, two persons including a child were killed while a speedy motorcycle hit backside to a parked truck at Kohora area in Kamrup district.

On the other hand, two people killed in two separate incident at Boko area in Kamrup district and Negheriting near Dergaon in Golaghat district on Saturday, while the speeding vehicle hit them.

Another person identified as Biswa Dey was killed at Dudhnoi area in Goalpara district while a speeding train hit the man.

On the other hand, five persons were injured in a road mishap at Mirza area in Kamrup district on Saturday morning.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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