At least 24 people were killed when a minibus and a container truck collided head-on on a highway near Kaziranga National Park in Assam, in north-east India, on Friday, 13 November 2026.
The toll was given by Atul Bora, a minister in the state government. Police said 11 people were injured and taken to hospital, including the truck driver, and warned that the number of dead could rise. The crash happened in Golaghat district, about 225 kilometres east of the state capital, Dispur. The bus was carrying about 30 people to a neighbouring district, and its driver was among the dead. The road runs alongside Kaziranga National Park, listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1985.
The cause has not been officially established. Bora said an investigation would reveal what happened, adding that witnesses reported the bus was travelling at high speed. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said he was "deeply distressed by the tragic accident" and that local authorities at the site were overseeing relief work and medical care for the injured.
Source: Associated Press, Reuters, Anadolu Agency
