Mishap toll increases
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 03 2017:
A man who was one of the injured victims in the tragic road accident which occurred at Mao on March 27 succumbed to his injuries at JNIMS Hospital today, raising the death toll in the accident to 24 .
The deceased has been identified as Mahananda Taparia (64) s/o Sri Prasad of Nabil Pathar village, Nepali Basti in Assam.
He died at around 8.30 am.
He was undergoing treatment at the hospital since March 27 with multiple injuries.
The body has been claimed by his family members after postmortem was performed at JNIMS morgue today noon.
It may be mentioned that a passenger bus coming from Dimapur towards Imphal plunged into Lokhori river, Mao after the driver lost control, killing 12 passengers on the spot and injuring many others.