{"id":115055,"date":"2024-01-03T09:30:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T04:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=115055"},"modified":"2024-01-03T15:22:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T09:52:07","slug":"at-least-16-people-were-killed-in-golaghat-assam-in-a-crash-involving-a-bus-and-a-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.in\/?p=115055","title":{"rendered":"At least 12 people were killed in Golaghat, Assam, in a crash involving a bus and a truck."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A<\/span> minimum of 12 fatalities, including five female individuals and a juvenile male, were reported following a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Golaghat<\/a> district of Assam on Wednesday morning, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At least 16 people were killed in Golaghat, Assam, in a crash involving a bus and a truck:<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This accident happened at 5 o’clock in the morning in Dergaon on National Highway 37. The bus, which had 45 passengers and was going from Golaghat to Tinsukia, crashed into a truck that was loaded with coal and was traveling in the same lane from the other direction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both motorists died instantly, and the wounded were transported to Dergaon civil hospital. The critical patients were taken to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH). According to P Uday Praveen, the Deputy Commissioner of Golaghat, a road was being worked on one side of the NH, which caused the two vehicles to travel along the same side of the median. Witnesses reported that the truck was going at a very high speed and crashed into the bus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the occupants of the bus, who were from Bharalukhuwa village, were en route to the Tilinga temple in Tinsukia when the crash happened.<\/span><\/p>\n

The superintendent of police of Golaghat, Rajen Singh, informed the press that they retrieved ten corpses from the bus and truck, and two victims were declared deceased out of the30 wounded who were transferred to JMCH. A case of death due to reckless and careless driving has been filed and the investigation is set to begin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A minimum of 12 fatalities, including five female individuals and a juvenile male, were reported following a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Golaghat district of Assam on Wednesday morning, according to officials. This accident happened at 5 o’clock in the morning in Dergaon on National Highway 37. 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