KAKOPATHAR: A tragic road accident occurred late Wednesday night, December 18, at Nabajyoti village in Assam's Kakopathar, killing three people, including a woman and an Arunachal Pradesh police constable.
The accident happened when a three-passenger Hyundai i10 rammed head-on into an unoccupied dumper which was parked on the edge of Kakopathar. The impact was so massive that all three passengers-including the woman-died at the spot.
Narayan Dubey, a police constable from Arunachal Pradesh, who was inside the Hyundai i10, is among the victims. The driver of the dumper, whose identity could not be known, was rushed to a nearby medical facility but both were declared dead on arrival.
Early investigations so far have been focusing on two main factors leading to the accident: the visibility and the wrong parking of the dumper. It is said that the car was parked in a position where it was not possible for the car moving ahead to notice the presence of the dumper before the collision. The investigation about the specific circumstances leading to this tragic collision continues, to elucidate what happened step by step leading to this disaster collision.
As the investigation progresses, the latest updates of the accident are expected to emerge. The authorities have sent condolences to the victims' families and assured them that there will be an exhaustive inquiry into the matter to ensure that such incidents are prevented in the future.
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