KALIABOR, Oct 23: Two people were killed and another critically injured after a motorcycle collided head-on with a Tata Zest on National Highway 715 in the Rangalu area under Jakhalabandha Police Station in Assam’s Kaliabor on Wednesday night.
The motorcycle, bearing registration number AS 12 D 8414, was carrying three people when it collided with the car, registered as AS 03 X 4688.
The rider and two pillion riders were taken to Kaliabor Sub-Divisional Civil Hospital in Jakhalabandha in critical condition. Doctors subsequently declared two of them dead.
The deceased were identified as Bhola Saotal and Kishan Saotal. The third occupant, Karan Saotal, sustained critical injuries and was referred to Tezpur Medical College and Hospital for advanced treatment.
The occupants of the Tata Zest, including the driver, allegedly fled the scene after the collision.
Further details about the circumstances of the accident and efforts to trace the car’s occupants were not immediately available.
