One killed, 28 injured as bus overturns in Assam

A teacher was killed and at least 28 students were injured, four of them seriously, when a school excursion team bus overturned in Morigaon district today.

Police said the excursion team of a local school from Langting in Karbi Anglong district was on way to Guwahati when the bus driver lost control at around 4am at Nellei and the vehicle fell into a ditch.

While a teacher Anil Basumatary died on the spot, at least 28 students got hurt, four of them seriously.

The four injured were referred to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital while the rest are being treated at the Morigaon civil hospital.

The driver of the vehicle is absconding.