GUWAHATI: A passenger bus travelling from Guwahati to Lakhimpur overturned at Khetri after the driver reportedly lost control while negotiating a damaged stretch of the highway. The accident triggered panic among passengers and raised fresh concerns over road safety in the area.
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Several passengers were injured in the incident. Police reached the spot shortly after the accident and shifted the injured to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
The incident occurred a day after a fatal road crash at Khetri-Nalgedera on August 30, where a passenger-carrying commercial vehicle collided head-on with an oncoming truck.
The back-to-back accidents have once again drawn attention to the poor condition of the highway and growing road safety concerns in the Khetri area.
Further details regarding the condition of those injured in the latest accident are awaited.