Mishap claims 1
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, November 23 2022:
A 22-year-old girl was killed in a road accident at Babu Bazar, Thoubal district this afternoon.
The accident occurred when a Chevrolet Beat car coming from Thoubal side knocked down an Activa scooter, which was reportedly trying to cross road (a median) near Babu Bazar Police outpost under Thoubal police station at around 2.45 pm.
The 22-year-old deceased has been identified as Nongthombam Sandeshwori Devi, daughter of N Bikram of Thoubal Sabantongba Mamang Leikai.
She was driving the Activa.
While the police have arrested the driver of the Chevrolet car, a second occupant fled and is yet to be traced.
The arrested driver has been identified as Luikang Lamak Maram, 42 of Lairouching village under Mao police station, Senapati district.
He is OSD in the office of the Minister of Water Resources/Relief and Disaster Management.
Thoubal police station has registered a case and the body of the deceased has been taken to Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) Porompat for postmortem.
Meanwhile, the locals have said that this was not the first time such an accident has occurred.
A month ago, a man was also killed on the road while trying to cross the road, they said.
Traffic police should be deployed there to avoid such accidents from occurring again, they said.