MORIGAON: Due to poor visibility, a vehicle carrying 17 devotees from the same family collided with a parked truck early on Monday in Assam's Morigaon district. Sources claim that the devotees were leaving Parshuram Kund when the event took place. The Morigaon Civil Hospital was visited right away by all the injured worshippers.
The following devotees have been named as the injured patients who were taken to the hospital: Nikita Upadhya, Namita Upadhya, Bhagirathi, Nirmala Adhikari, Indra Prasad, and Devi Maya. Another devotee passed away while travelling to Guwahati for advanced medical care, while one died from injuries after being admitted to the hospital. Gopal Adhikari and Suman Sharma have been named as the deceased.
The other victims of severe injuries were sent to Guwahati for early medical attention. Residents of Noonmati made up the followers. It is known that the accident happened because of poor visibility brought on by thick fog. Assam has been dealing with poor morning visibility due to severe fog for the past few days. In the evening and early morning, the state also experienced a dip in temperature.
according to the Guwahati experienced a total of 614 accidents between January and October 2022. The most recent statistics show that, like 2021, Guwahati alone recorded the highest number of accident cases and fatalities among the 36 districts in Assam in 2022. The situation is critical for the responsible authorities because 415 people were injured and 190 individuals died in traffic accidents.
The number of road accident fatalities increased in Guwahati by 6.74 percent while the number of injuries decreased by -8.19 percent when compared to the previous year.
There have been 5677 accidents in Assam as of October 2022. There were fewer accidents in the state than in the previous year. It is at -6.15 percent. By the end of October, Assam had experienced 2409 fatalities and 4589 injuries this year. 6049 accident cases were registered in Assam last year. 4768 injuries were reported across the state, while 2440 people lost their lives in traffic accidents overall.
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