8 people died, 22 injured in several road mishaps in Assam
Guwahati, Dec 25 (IBNS) : At least eight people died and 22 others injured in several road mishaps in different parts of Assam in past 24 hours.
According to the reports, a person named Bijoy Das died after a head on collision between a speedy Innova and scooty at Panibharal area in northern Assam’s Biswanath district on Monday.
In separate incident, a woman was killed and her 3-year-old girl child was injured while a speedy truck hit them at Aagshia area near Boko in Kamrup district.
In another incident, an engineering student, identified as Kaushik Kalita, died at Bhangagarh flyover in Guwahati, when a speedy city bus hit a scooty driven by the student.
Local people had blockaded the National Highway – 37 after a person, identified as Raj Kumar Chetry, died when a truck hit the man at Sadiya in Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district.
On the other hand, a person hailing from Bihar’s Motihari district was killed after the Ledo-Guwahati goods train hit him at Margherita in Tinsukia district.
Three other persons were died and 4 others injured in four different accidents at Bokakhat, Lumding, Dhing and Kharupetia area in the state in past 24 hours.
In separate road mishap, at least 16 people of a picnic party were injured while a vehicle carried them felt into a deep gorge along the Indo-Bhutan border.
On the other hand, a driver of a passenger bus was injured when a wild jumbo attacked the bus at Rongajan area in Golaghat district.
A top police official said that, a wild elephant had attacked the passenger bus came from Karbi Anglong’s Diphu to Dolamara near Kaziranga and the driver of the bus was injured in the attack.
Later, the bus driver had rushed to nearest hospital.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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