New Delhi, Nov 13 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of a road accident in Kaziranga in Assam.
“Deeply saddened by the tragic road accident in Kaziranga, Assam, that took away precious lives. My thoughts are with the families who have lost their loved ones. Praying for the speedy recovery of those injured,” he wrote on X.
At least 26 people died, and 20 others were injured in a head-on collision between a minibus and a container truck near Kaziranga National Park in Assam on Friday, officials said.
Many of the victims were college students returning from their classes.
The accident occurred at Rangajan near Hathikuli Tea Estate in Kohora range on National Highway-715, an officer said.
“The total number of dead in the accident has increased to 26. Ambulances have taken the people to different hospitals, and we are collecting the data from them,” said Dipam Kumar Barman, a senior doctor at Kohora Model Hospital.
The impact of the accident was such that the front of the minibus was reduced to a mangled heap of metal. The large container truck skidded off the road.
A video, purportedly from the truck’s dashcam, showed the minibus approaching the goods carrier at high speed, jumping its lane, and colliding with the container truck.
(PTI News)
