Guwahati, April 27: The absconding driver has been finally arrested as the probe into the fatal Mathgharia road accident gathered momentum, with police also arresting the driver of the stationary truck involved in the collision.
The case was transferred to Noonmati Police, who intensified the investigation and registered Case No. 66/2026, initiating legal proceedings against both drivers while reconstructing the sequence of events that led to the crash.
The accident had taken place in the early hours of Sunday at around 4 am, when a speeding Swift car rammed into a truck parked near a hospital gate in the Mathgharia area. The impact had been severe, completely crushing the vehicle and trapping its occupants inside.
Two women had died on the spot, while another, who had been rescued in a critical state, later succumbed to her injuries at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, raising the death toll to three. The victims were identified as Puja Saha, 26, from Goalpara; Akanksha Saikia, 23, from Sapekhati in Charaideo; and Armina Ahmed.
Armina Ahmed, daughter of CRPF personnel Aminul Islam posted in Noapara, Bongaigaon, had been a Civil Engineering student at Assam down town University, while Puja Saha and Akanksha Saikia had worked in the admissions department of Royal Global University.
Police stated that the car, bearing registration number AS01GP0562, had collided with a truck bearing registration number AS01FC4908, and the force of the crash had left the victims trapped inside the wreckage.
The car driver, identified as Shamim Ahmed, had fled the scene immediately after the incident but was later apprehended from Lahowal in Dibrugarh following a search operation. Meanwhile, the truck driver, Subhash Pator, a resident of Nellie in Morigaon district, was arrested, with reports indicating that he had been asleep inside the vehicle at the time of the accident.
Further investigation into the incident was ongoing.
