The bus that met with the accident at Nagaon
New Delhi:
Nine people have been killed and 17 others injured in a bus accident at Nagaon in Assam today at around 2 am in the morning.
The bus belonged to the Assam State Transport Corporation and was going from Lakhimpur district to the state capital of Guwahati.
A total of 33 people were reportedly on the bus. The injured have been taken to the Nagaon hospital.
The bus was reportedly speeding and had hit a culvert -- a pipe-like structure that allows water to flow under a road or railway line. The accident site was nearly 100 kilometres away from Guwahati.
More details are awaited.
The bus belonged to the Assam State Transport Corporation and was going from Lakhimpur district to the state capital of Guwahati.
A total of 33 people were reportedly on the bus. The injured have been taken to the Nagaon hospital.
The bus was reportedly speeding and had hit a culvert -- a pipe-like structure that allows water to flow under a road or railway line. The accident site was nearly 100 kilometres away from Guwahati.
More details are awaited.
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