At least 24 killed after bus collides with truck in north-east India

What the report says

At least 24 people were killed and 11 others injured when a bus collided with a truck in Assam, in north-east India, BBC World News reported. The crash happened near Kaziranga National Park in Golaghat district, on a highway close to the UNESCO World Heritage site. The injured were taken to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital, while authorities have not yet publicly identified all of those who died.

According to Assam rural development minister Atul Bora, several of the deceased were college students. He said witnesses believed one of the vehicles may have been speeding, though the exact cause will be determined after an investigation. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in a post on X that the scale of the loss had shaken people across the state and that care for the injured was the immediate priority.

The bus was carrying passengers from Bokakhat and was travelling toward Nagaon, an important town in central Assam. Local and regional politicians pointed to road safety concerns in the state, where traffic deaths are a major issue. As background, India has long faced a severe road-safety problem, with crashes causing large numbers of deaths each year, making investigations and enforcement after major collisions a continuing public concern.