In a tragic turn of events, two men died while 10 others were injured when a passenger mini bus met with an accident after reportedly hitting a car in Karong area of Manipur’s Senapati district on Tuesday. Two occupants of the mini bus escaped unhurt, according to police sources.
The incident took place when the Dimapur (Nagaland)-bound mini bus coming from Imphal hit the car along the Imphal-Mao sector of NH-2 and fell into the Barak river near a bridge at Karong, 65 km north of Imphal around 7 am.
All the injured persons were rushed to the Senapati district hospital. Among the injured persons, all males, two people are in critical condition and may be shifted to a bigger health facility.
The police have registered a case, while locals helped fish out the badly damaged mini bus from the river.