At least three persons died and 62 others were injured in two road accidents in the state today.
In the first incident, three persons lost their lives and 26 people were injured when a bus collided head-on with a truck, which lost control while trying to save a motorcyclist on NH-37 at Charaikhowa in Jorhat district.
Jorhat SP Amanjeet Kaur said the motorcycle came before the truck, which lost control as the heavy vehicle driver tried to save the biker and consequently collided head-on with an approaching bus.
The motorcyclist and the two drivers of the vehicles were killed on the spot, she added.
The bus, owned by Assam State Transport Corporation, was coming from Guwahati and 26 of its passengers were seriously injured.
Kaur said the injured have been rushed to the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital.
In another accident on NH-37 at Teliagoan in Nagaon district, a bus turned turtle after hitting a heap of stones dumped on the road side this morning.
A police official said the bus was carring 41 passengers and of them, 36 were injured.
The injured have been admitted at Nagoan Civil hospital, he added.
