GUWAHATI:
Atleast three persons were killed and four others were seriously injured in two separate road mishaps reported from Kokrajhar district in the last 12 hours.
Two persons were killed at Balajan Tiniali Laoriprara area under Kokrajhar police station in on Wednesday evening.
According to sources, there was head on collision between a scooty and a Royal Enfield bike, killing two on the spot and injuring two others.
The deceased were identified as Rujum Basumatary (27), a railway employees, and Birdao Mushahary (28).
The injured persons are identified as Punam Basumatary and Karanjit Basumatary. They were admitted to Kokrajhar Rupnath Brahma Civil hospital.
In separate incident at Titaguri under Kokrajhar police station, one person was killed and two others were injured when the bikes they were riding collided with a pickup van on Thursday morning around 9 am.
Sources said the three youths in a bike were on way to Baukungri festival when it collided with the pickup van.
The deceased was identified as Dengkgw Basumatary. The injured were identified as Mwikhwm Basumatary and Kanon Goyary.