Guwahati: A road accident in Assam’s Tamulpur district late on Friday night left one Bihu performer dead and eleven others injured.
The incident happened at Naokata on the Tamulpur–Nagrijuli road when members of the Bhaskarjyoti Bihu Husori Team from Haribhanga in Nalbari were travelling to Bangalipara in Tamulpur for Rongali Bihu performances.
Their vehicle collided head-on with a trailer coming from the opposite direction.
Nishamani Haloi, 25, from Niz Jhargaon in Tamulpur district, died at the spot.
Police said the group was travelling in a Traveller vehicle (AS-25-DC-5893) and carrying about 30 performers when the crash took place. The trailer involved in the collision bore registration number PB 03 AP 6681.
Multiple passengers were injured, including Arun Medhi, Bidyut Das, Jagat Ray, driver Pankaj Baishya, Ankita Das, Ratan Kalita, Nitu Baruah, Shivani Baruah, Kabyashree Saruwa, and Dibakar Moran. Five of them are in serious condition and have been shifted to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.
Police have begun an inquiry to find out how the accident happened.