Tezpur, Sept 12: Five youths were killed after the vehicle they were travelling in collided head-on with a truck in Assam's Sonitpur district on Saturday. The accident occurred near a petrol pump in the Mith Chapori area of Balipara on National Highway 15.

“The accident occurred near a petrol pump in the Balipara area under the Rangapara Police Station limits when the car collided head-on with the commercial vehicle,” a senior police officer said. The deceased have been identified as Har Gobinda Hajuwari, Nayan Swargiary, Papu Bora, Pranjal Bania and Sanjay Mech, all residents of Ghoramari Batabari.

A senior police officer said an investigation into the accident has been initiated. Sanjoy Mech, Papu Bora, Pranjal Bonia, Nayan Swargwary and Har Gobinda Hajuwari, respectively from left (Photo: AT)“Five people died in the accident.

All the deceased were occupants of the car,” the officer said. According to preliminary information, the victims were travelling in a microvan vehicle when a truck coming from the opposite direction rammed into the vehicle.

The impact caused the vehicle to veer off the road and fall into a deep ditch, killing all five occupants. A local resident said the five youths were from the same locality and were close to one another.

“All five of them were from Ghoramari Batabari and were always together. They were killed on the spot.

Three of them were married, while two were unmarried. All of them were below 40 years of age,” the resident said.

The impact of the collision was severe, with the bodies having to be pulled out of the badly damaged vehicle, the resident added. Police reached the scene soon after the accident and launched an investigation.

Further details are awaited.