{"id":115055,"date":"2024-01-03T09:30:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T04:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=115055"},"modified":"2024-01-03T15:22:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T09:52:07","slug":"at-least-16-people-were-killed-in-golaghat-assam-in-a-crash-involving-a-bus-and-a-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=115055","title":{"rendered":"At least 12 people were killed in Golaghat, Assam, in a crash involving a bus and a truck."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114923 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/New-Logo-Smal-5.jpg?resize=198%2C55&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"55\" title=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">A<\/span> minimum of 12 fatalities, including five female individuals and a juvenile male, were reported following a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=105991\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Golaghat<\/a> district of Assam on Wednesday morning, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_115053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115053\" style=\"width: 733px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/At least 16 people were killed in Golaghat, Assam, in a crash involving a bus and a truck.\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-115053\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/5135812839484520676.jpeg?resize=733%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"At least 16 people were killed in Golaghat, Assam, in a crash involving a bus and a truck.\" width=\"733\" height=\"406\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/5135812839484520676.jpeg?w=471&amp;ssl=1 471w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/5135812839484520676.jpeg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-115053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>At least 16 people were killed in Golaghat, Assam, in a crash involving a bus and a truck:<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This accident happened at 5 o&#8217;clock in the morning in Dergaon on National Highway 37. The bus, which had 45 passengers and was going from Golaghat to Tinsukia, crashed into a truck that was loaded with coal and was traveling in the same lane from the other direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Both motorists died instantly, and the wounded were transported to Dergaon civil hospital. The critical patients were taken to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH). According to P Uday Praveen, the Deputy Commissioner of Golaghat, a road was being worked on one side of the NH, which caused the two vehicles to travel along the same side of the median. Witnesses reported that the truck was going at a very high speed and crashed into the bus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Most of the occupants of the bus, who were from Bharalukhuwa village, were en route to the Tilinga temple in Tinsukia when the crash happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The superintendent of police of Golaghat, Rajen Singh, informed the press that they retrieved ten corpses from the bus and truck, and two victims were declared deceased out of the30 wounded who were transferred to JMCH. A case of death due to reckless and careless driving has been filed and the investigation is set to begin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A minimum of 12 fatalities, including five female individuals and a juvenile male, were reported following a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Golaghat district of Assam on Wednesday morning, according to officials. This accident happened at 5 o&#8217;clock in the morning in Dergaon on National Highway 37. The bus, which had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"0","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[200],"tags":[59,17140,17145,1630,17134,17137,17131,17132,17136,17139,17133,17138,17135,17144,17143,17141,17142,10382],"class_list":["post-115055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-assam","tag-bharalukhuwa-village","tag-careless-driving","tag-coal","tag-crash","tag-dergaon","tag-fatalities","tag-female-individuals","tag-golaghat-district","tag-jorhat-medical-college-and-hospital-jmch","tag-juvenile-male","tag-national-highway-37","tag-passenger-bus","tag-reckless-driving","tag-ten-corpses","tag-tilinga-temple","tag-tinsukia","tag-truck"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157699,"url":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.com\/?p=157699","url_meta":{"origin":115055,"position":0},"title":"Assam Late-Night Raid in Nagaon : 65 Cattle-Laden Vehicles Seized","author":"News Desk","date":"August 31, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"More than 1,000 cattle were reportedly intercepted in a late-night operation at Rangalu in Jakhalabandha, Nagaon district, police said, after officers conducting vehicle checks encountered a large convoy of cattle-laden trucks around midnight on Sunday. 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