Silchar: nine passengers, all teenagers, died on a place on Thursday morning when the autorickshaw where they traveled collided with a truck in Baithakhal in NH-8 in Karimganj, Assam.
The victims, all residents of Longai Tea Estate in the district, returned after attending the Puja Chhath.
A senior police officer in Karimganj said, “Autorickshaw, who came from Linggapai in the Patharkandi Block, collided with a cement-loaded truck that was bound to Tripura, was destroyed in the accident.
While nine passengers died on the spot, autorickshaw.
The driver was injured critically.
He has been treated At Karimanj Civil Hospital.
“The victim’s body, all in the age group 12-17, has been stored at the Patharkandi government hospital.
They will be sent to Karimganj’s civil hospital for autopsy, “said a police officer.
Local residents ended the blockade on the NH-8 connecting Assam with Tripura in protest against accidents.
Assam: nine killed as autorickshaw collided with trucks in Karimganj
