Symbolic imageTruck and bus collision in Assam kills at least 24
A container truck and a bus collided head-on on a highway in India's Assam state on Friday. At least 24 people died, several of them children.
The crash happened on Friday, 13 November, on National Highway 715 in Golaghat district near Kaziranga National Park, police said according to Al Jazeera and Politika. Al Jazeera reports 24 dead and 11 injured, while Politika, citing India Today, gives 23 dead and 20 injured. Golaghat police superintendent Swapnaneel Deka told Reuters the toll will likely rise. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on X that local authorities were overseeing relief and medical care for the injured.
Who was on board
According to Deka, the bus was heading to a neighbouring district with about 30 people on board. Politika, citing police and India Today, says most victims were students returning from classes, while Al Jazeera reports that several children and the bus driver were among the dead.