Guwahati: At least eight persons were reportedly killed while two others were critically injured in a road accident in Nagaland’s Tseminyu district on Wednesday.

The incident took place when a speeding truck collided head-on with a Tata Sumo vehicle carrying around eight passengers between the Usha and Seneu areas of the district.

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All eight passengers of the Tata Sumo vehicle bearing registration number NL02-T-2124, including the driver, died on the spot after it fell into a deep roadside gorge.

The Tata Sumo vehicle was on its way from Mokokchung to Kohima.

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The condition of the driver and handyman of the truck, which too toppled into the gorge, are stated to be critical.

Police and local villagers soon rushed the injured to a nearby hospital.