3 killed, 60 injured in road accidents during Yaoshang festival
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, March 10 2015:
Three persons were killed and 60 others injured in different road accidents during the Yaoshang festival which began from March 5 .
One Thiyam Inaocha (60) of Tera Khuraijam Leirak in Imphal West died when the Activa scooter on which he was travelling collided with another two wheeler near Iroisemba Chingjin around 3 pm of March 9 .
On March 8, one Md Warish Khan (16) of Lilong Haoreibi Turel Ahanbi Darul Ulum Makha was killed after a van hit his motorcycle on which he was travelling near Lilong Jamir Masajid around 1:30 pm.
On March 5 at about 2:30 am, a motorcycle rider named Angom Sanahongba (30), a resident of Phayeng Khanang Khuman, died in a self-accident which occurred at Heibongpok under Lamshang Police Station.
Another 60 people were injured in different road accidents in the State during the five-day long Yaoshang festival.
Thirteen of them are undergoing treatment at RIMS, 10 at JNIMS while the rest of them are treating at City Hospital, Imphal Hospital, Shija Hospitals, Thoubal District Hospital and Bishnupur District Hospital.