IMPHAL, October 11: A 46 year old woman was killed on the spot and many more, including women injured when a passenger bus collided head on with a loaded freight truck at the sharp turn around Pheiginga hillock along the National Highway-2, under the Sekmai police station today at 10,40am.
The deceased woman, D. Pinky wife of D. Saimao of Tangduwan village Senapati district, was declared brought dead at the hospital. Many other injured in the accident are hospitalised in different hospitals in Imphal, though nobody is reported to be in critical condition.
The passenger bus, AS-2B/D-6415, was heading towards Senapati from Imphal when it met with the accident and the loaded truck was on its way to Imphal from Dimapur.
The police have taken the truck and its driver in custody registered a case.