Guwahati: Eight persons died in five road accidents in Assam adding a note of grief to the ongoing Rongali Bihu celebrations in the state.
Four persons were killed and over 20 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck trailer on the National Highway 37 in Golaghat district on Monday morning, police sources said. The bus caught fire with the victims being the drivers and the handymen, the sources said.
In another incident, a couple were killed when their car fell off an overbridge at Tokoubari on the National Highway 52 in Sonitpur district at 3:30 am, the sources said.
A fireman, Amritjyoti Hira, was killed when a fire engine collided with a truck at Haibargaon in Nagaon district on Sunday night.
In yet another mishap one person, Utpal Dutta was killed and five others injured in a collision between two cars at Duliajan township in Dibrugarh district on Sunday night. (PTI)