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Three Killed, 23 Injured in Road Accidents

Three Killed

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In a tragic incident, three persons were killed and 23 others injured on Saturday in three separate road accidents in Assam.

As per reports, two persons were killed and as many injured when their car went out of control and plunged into a 30-feet deep ditch in Balijan area in Biswanath district on Friday night.

Four employees of the State Bank of India were in the car, and the two deceased have been identified as Vishal Raj and Rameswar Orang, both staffers of the Balijan branch of the lender.

A senior police officer said the SDRF personnel recovered the vehicle and the two bodies on Saturday morning, while locals rescued other two persons.

In another accident in Teliagaon area in Nagaon district, a bus with around 40 passengers on board collided head-on with a coal-laden truck on National Highway-37 on Friday night.

Police said, more than 20 people were injured and seven of them admitted to a hospital.

On the other hand, a senior police officer said, one biker was killed and pillion rider seriously injured when a truck hit their motorcycle from behind in Ranglu area in Nagaon on Saturday.

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