Assam: 10 injured in a Bus Accident
GUWAHATI: At least ten people were injured when a night service bus skidded off the road near a bridge over Dikhow river in Sivasagar district of Upper Assam in the early hours of Tuesday.
The bus with registration number AS 01 MC 0917 was going from Guwahati to Tinsukia when it skidded off the road, a police official said.
After the accident, a police team reached the spot and pulled out the injured passengers with the help of locals.
The injured have been identified as Udeshna Bharali (21), Rajshree Kalita (24), Reshma Begum (23), Bandita Saikia (24), Pallavi Khanekar (24), Nilu Bharali (50), Antara Hazarika (26), Shahidur Ali but it happened (25).
He has been admitted to Shiv Sagar Civil Hospital.
The police official said that the cause of the accident is yet to be known. Police suspect that the driver was under the influence of alcohol and lost control of the vehicle.
