Five members of a family, including a child, were killed and five others critically injured when the driver of the vehicle in which they were travelling lost control and hit the railing of the four-lane highway in Assam’s Hojai district on Wednesday, police said.
A vehicle, enroute to Doboka in Hojai from Guwahati, skidded and the driver lost control, hitting against the railing of the four-lane National Highway 27 at Bheloguri under Doboka police station, killing four persons on the spot while another succumbed to the injuries on the way to the hospital.
Five others who were critically injured were rushed to a local hospital from where they were referred to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.
The deceased persons were identified as driver Helal Uddin, Afrid Alam, Minhaz Uddin, Nazim Uddin and minor child Nifa Zinnat.