Kamrup-Metro (Assam) [India], August 31 (HBTV): The death toll in the horrific accident that took place on NH-27 in the Khetri area of Assam's Kamrup (Metro) district on the night of August 30 has risen to six, police said.
The DCP (East) of Guwahati Police Commissionerate said that six people have died in the accident.
'A total of six patients were taken to the casualty. They are: Mujahidul Islam was admitted to orthopaedics; Deepjyoti Nath was in the neurosurgery ICU. Jairul Islam, a 44-year-old male, is in neurosurgery; and Ashim Koch, GICU. Ranjan Mondal was in orthopaedics, and one unknown, approximately 20 years old, is being shifted to the medicine ITU,' he said.
Principal cum Chief Superintendent of Guwahati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) Dr Babul Bezbaruah told ANI that three bodies have been taken to GMCH and six other injured persons have been admitted.
'Six injured persons were admitted at GMCH, and their treatment is going on,' Dr Babul Bezbaruah said.
According to police, a passenger vehicle travelling from Nagaon towards Guwahati collided with a truck on NH-27 in the Nalgedra area near Khetri after the driver of the passenger vehicle lost control and crossed the road divider.
Following the incident, local residents of the Khetri area on Sunday night staged a protest at the accident site, alleging potholes on the National Highway.
The accident occurred when the Guwahati-bound passenger vehicle travelling from Nagaon lost control, crossed over the median divider and crashed head-on into an oncoming truck in the opposite lane.
According to Kamrup (Metro) district police, the driver of the passenger vehicle lost control of the vehicle shortly before the crash.
Emergency responders arrived at the scene shortly after the crash to secure the area and clear the wrecked vehicles from the highway. The injured survivors were rescued and transferred to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) for intensive treatment.
Local police have registered a case and initiated a preliminary investigation into the exact circumstances surrounding the loss of control of the vehicle. Further details regarding the identities of the deceased and injured remain awaited as authorities inform the victims' families. (ANI)