Death toll in Kaziranga road accident rises to 25
Twenty-five people have died following a head-on collision between a passenger vehicle and a truck near Kaziranga National Park.
The death toll from a road accident in Assam's Golaghat district has reached 25, according to The News Mill. The accident, which involved a passenger vehicle and a container truck, occurred on Friday near the Kaziranga National Park.
Additional District Commissioner of Golaghat Jintu Bora reported that the deceased include 14 women and 11 men. While 23 victims have been identified, two people remain unidentified. Among those identified are nine individuals from Nagaon district, one from Karbi Anglong district, and Mohammad Rafiq Ali, a 38-year-old resident of Madhubani district in Bihar.
Bora stated that 19 injured people were initially taken to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital, where two later died. One patient at the hospital has not yet been identified.
Post-mortem examinations are scheduled to begin at 6:00 am on Sunday. Medical teams from Guwahati Medical College and Jorhat Medical College will work in three simultaneous teams to conduct the procedures.
The district administration has arranged vehicles to transport the deceased to their hometowns. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed his distress over the loss on X, stating that the scale of the tragedy has shaken the state.