Three people lost their lives, and four others sustained injuries after a passenger van veered off the road and fell into around 200-feet a hill slope in Assam’s Dima Hasao district on Saturday night. The accident occurred at around 9:30 pm on the New Haflong Approach Road in the Boro Haflong area under the Haflong police station when the van’s driver reportedly lost control.
According to reports, the passengers were returning from the weekly market in Haflong. All of them were vegetable vendors travelling from Haflong towards Lumding. The van was severely damaged in the crash. Police and rescue teams rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to Haflong Civil Hospital for treatment. Officials said one of the injured persons is in critical condition.
