Tura, Sept 5: A night bus enroute from Tura to Guwahati met with an accident late on Wednesday night in West Garo Hills, resulting in injuries to four passengers.

The accident occurred near Rongram, 12 kilometers from Tura in West Garo Hills, when a speeding truck collided with the bus. Among the injured were two women.

Police informed that the accident occurred when a truck, speeding and on the wrong side of the road, crashed into the bus. The truck, carrying cartons of packaged drinking water was headed for the Dalu border.

Superintendent of Police of West Garo Hills, J F K Marak, informed that four passengers, including two women, sustained injuries and the truck driver, who was found intoxicated, has been taken into custody. Police have also seized the truck.

The night bus (AS 01 GC 5044), which operates daily from Mankachar in Assam to Guwahati, had picked up passengers from Tura before continuing its journey. It was carrying 31 passengers when the truck (ML09 A 8005), driven by Bedinath Hajong, struck the side of the bus as it was ascending towards Asanang.

The four injured have been identified as Puljan Begum, Puljan Devi, Nobijir Rehman, and Sohidul Islam.

While Puljan Begum, Puljan Devi, Nobijir Rehman have been taken to Tura Civil Hospital for medical attention, Sohidul Islam of Dhubri sustained minor injuries.

The remaining passengers were transferred to another bus provided by the bus owner to continue their journey to Guwahati.

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