Assam: 40 Critically Injured After Bus Lost Control and Collided with a Tree in Dhubri

GUWAHATI: At least 40 people suffered severe injuries in a huge accident that involved a bus on Tuesday morning in Chapar, Assam's Dhubri district. The passenger bus with the registration number "AS 25 BC 1860" lost control and collided with a tree by the side of the road on National Highway No. 17 close to Haitpota hamlet.

According to sources, the bus was travelling at a high speed when the driver lost control and struck the roadside tree because of the heavy rain. Fortunately, no fatalities were recorded at the time this report was submitted.

After the incident, local police arrived on the scene and sent all the injured people to Chapar Primary Health Centre for medical care. Several additional people with serious injuries were sent to a hospital in Bongaigaon.

As many as three passenger buses (two ultra-buses and a day-super bus) were involved in an accident earlier yesterday in Kachanjuri neighbourhood in Kaliabor, which is part of the Nagaon district.

According to information, the road accident injured about ten persons, who were taken to Kaliabor Civil Hospital for further care. The major highway connecting Upper and Lower Assam, route 37, was shut after the incident and remained thus for several hours.

According to eyewitnesses, improper overtaking and lane drifting caused the crash between the three buses.

According to sources, the Day-super bus was travelling in the opposite direction, towards Guwahati, while both Ultra buses were travelling in the direction of Jorhat.

Meanwhile , in an event that happened in the early hours of Sunday at Basistha in Guwahati, Assam, an intoxicated driver wreaked havoc. The speeding car, which had the licence plate AS-01-DN-7124, damaged some electrical poles along the way by slamming into them.

Numerous pedestrians were the unlucky targets of the irrational rage and were treated at the hospital for their wounds.

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