GUWAHATI, AUG 3: In a tragic incident, three people were mowed down by a speeding vehicle at Jaipur Natun Ali road in upper Assam Dibrugarh on Wednesday morning.
The deceased have been identified as Vikram Mahali(42), Lakhi Patar(26) and Nirmal Das(35) of Lahowal.
Sources said all three of them were daily wage labourer and they were waiting near the road side, suddenly a speeding Maruti Suzuki Breeza vehicle bearing registration no(AS 06Z 4617) run over them.
“Nirmal Das died on the spot but two of them were rushed to AMCH where they died during treatment. Three of them were waiting for public transport on the roadside at Lahowal,” said a local resident.
The agitated public held the driver of the vehicle and beat him and later and handed over to police.
“The driver was drunk and he was driving from Dibrugarh side and going towards Duliajan. He was coming in a high speed and could not control his vehicle and hit three labourers who were waiting on the roadside. One person died on the spot and other two of them died at AMCH,” said a police official.