GUWAHATI: A devastating road accident took place in Rongajan area of Kaziranga, Assam, where a truck collided head-on with a passenger Traveller vehicle (mini-bus), with 23 people cofirmed dead until the time of filing this report.
According to preliminary reports, the traveller was travelling from Bokakhat towards Nagaon when the accident occurred.
Most of the passengers onboard the vehicle were students, initial reports suggest.
Several passengers are feared trapped inside the mangled vehicle, while local residents and police personnel have launched a rescue operation.
The injured have been rushed to the Kohora Model Hospital for treatment.
Rescue operations are still underway.
