Four of family killed in Assam accident

Dibrugarh: Four members of a family, including two women, died while another member was severely injured when the car they were travelling in skidded off NH-315 and crashed into a tree in Assam’s Tinsukia district early Friday.The family was on its way back home to Ledo in Tinsukia district after attending a relative’s wedding reception in Dibrugarh when the accident took place around 12.45am near the Indian Oil Corporation oil terminal at Golai under Digboi police station. The lone survivor, Ratan Gope (33), was admitted to Assam Medical College and Hospital. Ratan’s wife Disha (30), mother Sadhana (57), elder brother Subhash (36) and brother-in-law Amrit Dutta (27) — who was at the wheel of the newly-purchased car — died in the mishap.“I was awakened by a loud sound around 12.45am and rushed out to the road. It was pitch dark and not a person was in sight. When I looked around with my torchlight, I found a car a had crashed into a tree beside the road. A woman was lying dead in the front seat. I wasn’t sure about the others. I immediately stopped some passing vehicles and with their help, informed the police who arrived at the accident site within 20 minutes,” said a resident of the area.Police said the driver and one of the women died on the spot, while two others succumbed at the hospital.
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