IMPHAL, June 8: An elderly woman died while 12 other persons were left injured by an accident involving head on collision between a Diesel Auto and a Maruti Van and a Tata Magic along the National Highway number 2 Imphal-Moreh stretch at Thoubal Wangmataba under Thoubal police station at around 1:30pm with four of the injured said to be in serious condition and admitted at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences.
The fatal accident occurred today around 1:30pm when a diesel Auto bearing registration number MN 06 SA 2315 heading towards Charangpat from Thoubal side met with a head on collision with a Maruti Van bearing registration no AF 23E 1671 coming from the opposite side.
After the collision, the diesel Auto again met with another head on collision with a Tata Magic coming from the same direction.
The accident left a passenger of the diesel auto identified as 75 year old Kharibam Chaobihal, wife of Ibotombi of Charangpat Maning Leikai dead on the spot.
12 other passengers from all three vehicles were injured during the head on collisions.