DIBRUGARH, April 20 � Four persons travelling in an ambulance (AS 01 CC 5242) were killed and at least 17 passengers of a Network Travels Guwahati-Namsai night super bus (AR 01 E 5446) sustained injuries in the wee hours today when the night bus collided head-on with the ambulance on NH 37 near Khowang, some 35 kilometres from here.
Krishna Tanti (62), driver Mansit Purty (45) and Sanjay Tanti (28) died on the spot while Gouranga Tanti (30) sucummbed on his way to the Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), Dibrugarh. All the deceased, workers of Domurdolong tea estate, were returning from the AMCH after admitting a patient there. The driver and other bus staff who also sustained injuries fled the scene.