Assam: Five dead in fatal road accident
Guwahati: As many as five people were killed in Assam's Sonitpur district in a fatal road accident on Friday, police said.
All the deceased were travelling in a private car on their way to Tezpur from Balipara. Five persons, all within the age of 30, died on the spot, police said.
Five people were killed as a vehicle overturned after hitting a roadside tree in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Friday, police said.
The accident took place when the five occupants of the car were on their way to Tezpur from Balipara.
They were identified as Akashdeep Bora, Bidyut Nath, Bhaikon Patangia, Dwipen Bora and Biswajit Saikia.
The bodies were sent to the nearest health centre for post-mortem examination.
(With UNI inputs)
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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