Mishap claims two
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 24 2016:
At least two persons including driver of a Tata Winger van have been killed when the van met with an accident at Khonghampat Mantri Leikai along Imphal-Dimapur highway under Sekmai police station at around 5.30 am today.
The van was heading towards Imphal from Dimapur when the driver suddenly lost its control.
The van hit a road side boulder before it skidded off the highway.
Driver Thoidingjam Samungou (45) of Khurai Thoidingjam Leikai and Dairelsang (40) of Rengkai, Churachandpur succumbed to injuries at different hospitals, informed a source.
Meanwhile, at least 12 persons sustained injuries when a bus and truck collided head-on at Khonghampat around 1 pm today.
10 of the injured victims were travelling in the bus while the other two were travelling in the truck.
It is reported that the drivers of the truck and the bus sustained critical injuries.