Twelve people killed in bus-truck collision in Assam's Kaziranga

Kaziranga: Twelve people died in a head-on collision between a minibus and a container truck near Kaziranga National Park in Assam on Friday, police said.

The accident occurred at Rangajan near Hathikuli Tea Estate in Kohora range on National Highway 715 when the passenger vehicle collided with the truck, a senior officer said.

"We have got a preliminary report that at least seven people were killed in the accident. We are all at the spot, and bodies are being retrieved from the bus, so the number of deaths is likely to rise," Golaghat Senior Superintendent of Police Swapnaneel Deka told PTI.


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Later, five more succumbed to their injuries, another officer said.

The exact number of people travelling in the bus is not immediately known, the police said.

Assam Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Atul Bora, who is also the local MLA, reached the site immediately and was supervising the relief and rescue operations.

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The injured people were taken to the Kohora Model Hospital, and most of the critically injured were referred to the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital.

"The bus was running at very high speed, violating restrictions imposed near the park. We think that the accident took place when the driver of the minibus lost control, and the vehicle collided with the container truck," he added.