Truck and bus collision in India's Assam kills at least 23 people
Police suspect speeding as the minibus carrying about 30 people collided head-on with a truck, leaving several college students among the dead.
- A container truck collided head-on with a bus on a highway in Assam, India, near Kaziranga National Park on Friday, killing at least 23 people and injuring several others.
- The bus was traveling to a neighboring district with around 30 people on board when the accident occurred near the UNESCO World Heritage site of Kaziranga National Park.
- Golaghat district police superintendent Swapnaneel Deka told Reuters, "There are 23 confirmed deaths, and seven people have been referred to the hospital." The truck driver also sustained injuries in the collision.
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said he was deeply distressed and sent a senior minister to oversee relief arrangements, stating, "Our foremost priority now is to make sure the injured receive the best possible medical care without delay."
- BJD president Naveen Patnaik, opposition leader in Odisha, mourned the 23 deaths in Kaziranga and prayed for the swift recovery of those injured in the fatal road accident.
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At least 23 people died and 20 were injured when a minibus crashed with students and a lorry in Assam, India. The accident occurred near the Indian Kaziranga National Park in the north-east of the country. Many of the van ' s passengers were students of the local college who returned to their homes after the class and handed over to RIA News with reference to the publication of India Today. The exact number of people in the van in the salon…
The tragedy occurred on Friday in the state of Assam, on a road bordered by a national park, again illustrating the particularly high road mortality in the country A collision
The accident that occurred on a road bordering Kaziranga National Park, where speed is strictly limited to protect the passage of animals, killed at least 23 people.
Twenty-three people have died in an accident in India involving a collision between a truck and a passenger bus. Among the deceased are three children, according to news agency AFP. Police expect the death toll to rise further. The accident occurred on a highway near Kaziranga National Park in the northern state of Assam. Seven people have been taken to hospital. Police have not yet released any information regarding the cause of the crash, but …
Authorities in India fear the death toll will rise - The bus veered off the road and collided with the truck traveling in the opposite direction The post India: At least 24 dead in head-on collision between bus and truck - Children among the victims appeared first on in.gr.
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