Assam: Two students killed after speeding bike hits traffic post

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DIBRUGARH: In a tragic incident, two students of Lahowal College were killed while speeding on the road at Bokul, 5-km away from Dibrugarh on Tuesday. According to police, three students on a KTM bike (AS-23-AE-3474) were coming from Athbari area towards Bokul Polytechnic Institute when the speeding bike lost control and hit a metallic road sign post at a turn on the road. Two students identified as Abhijit Baruah and Ridip Chetia died on the spot while the other student Akash Deep Baruah was critically injured.

The injured student was taken to the Assam Medical College and Hospital for treatment. All the three students were final year Higher Secondary students of Lahowal College.

According to witnesses triple riding and over speeding was the cause of the accident. The incident left a pall of gloom in the area.

“Over Speeding of bikes by youngsters have been the cause of many such incidents in recent times. The traffic department should check such things but due to their negligence on the part of their duty such incidents happened,” said a local resident.

Most of the road accidents are happening due to over speeding and rash driving. The school student’s should understand the gravity of the situation.

“The college students are found in high speed during the college hours. In a busy road they were found over-speeding with their vehicle and most of the time accidents happened due to that. Every year youths died due to over-speeding and rash driving,” said Ranjit Das, a senior citizen of Dibrugarh.

On Sunday, Labanya Tanti, a 55-year-old worker of the Jalan South tea estate died in the hit-and-run incident in Dibrugarh while five others Junali Tanti (55), Mina Bawari (40), Monju Saikia (52), Adhir Dey (65) and Samir Goriak (5) sustained severe injuries. The injured persons are currently undergoing treatment at the Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH).

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