Three women, all in their twenties, were killed when the car they were travelling in hit a stationary truck before crashing into a road divider in the Mathgharia area of Guwahati in the wee hours of Sunday. A police official said all three victims died on the spot, while the drivers of the car and the truck were absconding.
According to the official, the car was registered to a person in Dhemaji, who had given it on rent to a travel agency. “We are looking for the driver,” he said. The bodies of the deceased have been shifted to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) for post-mortem examination.
The deceased have been identified as Puja Saha (26) from Goalpara, Akanksha Saikia (23) from Sapekhati in Sonari of Charaideo district, and Neha Khan (21) from Barpeta. Akanksha Saikia was an employee of Royal Global University.