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Other States \| Next 11 killed as truck hits train GOLAGHAT (Assam), OCT. 2. Eleven persons were killed and eight injured when a truck carrying tea garden labourers collided with a train in Assam's Golaghat district today, at an unmanned level- crossing, near falkating railway junction, the Golaghat Superintendent of Police, Mr. P. M. Das said. Seven persons, including the driver, were killed on the spot while four others died on their way to hospital. The injured have been admitted to the K. K. Civil hospital and the condition of most of them was stated to be serious. The passengers of the train, however, were not injured though one compartment was damaged. Senior police and civil officials have rushed to the spot and the area has been cordoned off for all traffic. - PTI Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
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Other States \| Next 11 killed as truck hits train GOLAGHAT (Assam), OCT. 2. Eleven persons were killed and eight injured when a truck carrying tea garden labourers collided with a train in Assam's Golaghat district today, at an unmanned level- crossing, near falkating railway junction, the Golaghat Superintendent of Police, Mr. P. M. Das said. Seven persons, including the driver, were killed on the spot while four others died on their way to hospital. The injured have been admitted to the K. K. Civil hospital and the condition of most of them was stated to be serious. The passengers of the train, however, were not injured though one compartment was damaged. Senior police and civil officials have rushed to the spot and the area has been cordoned off for all traffic. - PTI Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
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