NONGPOH: Two youths were killed and 28 persons injured in an accident at National Highway-37 near Khanapara on Sunday night.
It was informed that a bus (AS 01FC 3242) with 52 persons on board coming from Sontoli to Golaghat collided with a speeding dumper truck coming from the opposite lane near Ganesh Mandir of Khanapara area.
The speeding dumper (AS14 C0698), loaded with hot bitumen-mixed-stones for road repairing, rammed into the road divider and then collided with the bus on the opposite lane. The hot bitumen-mixed-stones first fell on the bus and later on the two youths who were on a bike just behind the bus.
The injured persons were later rushed to nearby hospitals.
The two youths, identified as Boni Narleng and Albert Nongrum, who were also members of the Ri Bhoi Youth Federation (RBYF), Baridua unit were later rushed to GNRC and Nemcare Hospital respectively in critical conditions. The duo later succumbed to their injuries.
The leaders of RBYF condoled the untimely death of its two active members.
