Assam: 28 labourers killed in truck-bus collision

October 03, 2013 09:52

28 people, including 13 children and five women, have been killed and another 20 people injured when the truck they were travelling in rammed into two minivans carrying brick kiln workers in Barpeta district, 150 kilometres from Assam's capital

Police said the 10-wheeler truck slammed into the oncoming minivans just after dawn today.

The minivans had been carrying workers, some with their children, to a local brick kiln. The truck was travelling to the neighbouring state of West Bengal.

Local TV broadcasts showed a huge crowd surrounding 28 bodies covered in white sheets and lined up on green grass.

Police have yet to account for the truck driver, though one of two people who were in the truck is believed to be among the dead.

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