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At least 24 killed after bus collides with truck in north-east India
The crash took place on a highway bordering Kaziranga National Park in the Golaghat district of Assam
At least 24 people have died and 11 others injured after a bus collided with a truck in Assam, north-east India.
The accident happened near Kaziranga National Park, a Unesco World Heritage site, and the injured have been admitted to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital.
Several of the deceased are college students, according to Assam's rural development minister Atul Bora, but they have not yet been publicly identified.
Bora added that witnesses reported one of the vehicles may have been speeding when the crash took place, but "the exact reason will be known after [an investigation]".
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote in a post on X that "the scale of this loss has shaken all of us".
He adds: "Our foremost priority now is to make sure the injured receive the best possible medical care without delay."
Family members of one of the victims pictured at the accident site
The bus was carrying passengers from Bokakhat and was headed towards Nagaon.
Bokakhat is best known as the gateway to Kaziranga National Park, famous for its one-horned rhinoceroses.