7 dead, 22 injured in separate road accidents in Assam

Nagaon/Rangia, Nov 9 (PTI) At least seven persons were killed and 22 others, including two children, were injured in two separate road accidents in Kamrup and Nagaon districts of Assam, police said on

Nagaon/Rangia, Nov 9 (PTI) At least seven persons were killed and 22 others, including two children, were injured in two separate road accidents in Kamrup and Nagaon districts of Assam, police said on Friday.

Four persons died on the spot and seven others were seriously injured when two speeding vehicles collided on NH-37 in Kamrup district, said Jogendra Barman, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Boko police station.

Barman said the injured were first rushed to Boko health centre and then to Gauhati Medical College Hospital.

In Nagaon district, three persons died and 15 others suffered injuries when a mini bus and a truck collided on Koliabhumura bridge Thursday night, police said.

Most of the injured persons were taken to Tezpur Kanaklata Civil Hospital and Mission Hospital, and some of them were later shifted to Guwahati for further treatment, they said.

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