Key facts
- At least 24 people died and 11 were injured when a bus and a truck collided in Golaghat district, Assam.
- The injured were admitted to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital, according to the report.
- Assam minister Atul Bora said several of the dead were college students, not yet publicly identified.
- Bora said witnesses reported one vehicle may have been speeding, with the exact cause to follow an investigation.
- The bus was traveling from Bokakhat toward Nagaon when the collision occurred near Kaziranga National Park.
At least 24 people died and 11 were injured when a bus collided with a truck in Golaghat district, Assam, in north-east India, on November 13, 2026, according to a report by the BBC. The crash took place on a highway bordering Kaziranga National Park, a Unesco World Heritage site, and the injured were admitted to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital.
Assam rural development minister Atul Bora said several of the deceased were college students, but they have not yet been publicly identified. Bora said witnesses reported one of the vehicles may have been speeding, adding that "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" and that "our foremost priority now is to make sure the injured receive the best possible medical care without delay".
The bus was carrying passengers from Bokakhat, the gateway to Kaziranga National Park, and was headed toward Nagaon, an agricultural and commercial center in central Assam about 120km (74.5 miles) west of Bokakhat by road. Lurinjyoti Gogoi, chief of a regional opposition party, said road safety has long been a concern in the state and that "the government must take it up seriously".
The report also cited national road death figures: 172,000 people died on Indian roads in 2023, or 474 a day, and the count rose to 183,382 deaths in 2025. Experts cited in the report attributed the toll to human behavior, enforcement gaps and systemic neglect as well as infrastructure.