Eight persons killed in road accident near Gelabil Area 

A Correspondent

Tezpur: In a tragic incident, eight people travelling from Baihata Chariali to Tezpur died in a road accident near Gelabil area on National Highway 15 under Orang Police Station in Udalguri district in the early hours of Wednesday.

The accident occurred when the Maruti Ertiga car in which they were travelling hit a parked truck. All the passengers of the Ertiga died on the spot. The eight youths were part of a marriage party coming from Baihata Chairiali to Tezpur.

The ill-fated vehicle bore the registration number AS-12-V-9333 that hit the parked truck bearing registration number AS-12-B-2022.

The deceased have been identified as Narayan Das (Tezpur Deori gaon), Pinku Borah (Dipota Milanpur, Tezpur), organizing secretary of AASU Tezpur chapter, Ranjit Deka (Da-gaon Thelamara), Dipak Mesh (Besseria Tezpur), Kamal Devnath (Parua Harigaon Tezpur), Partha Kuri ( Natun Para Tezpur), Diganta Saikia from Lakhimpur and Sushil Sharma (Thelamara).

Sources said all the eight persons were friends of groom Nayan Bora, who hails from Borjhar gaon of Tezpur, and worked together at a hotel in Tezpur Mission Chariali.

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