Guwahati: Diwali celebrations turn sour, two youths die in tragic road mishap at Khanapara

GUWAHATI, Nov 1: Two persons, a 19-year-old girl and her 20-year-old male friend, died on the spot after a vehicle crashed into another one near the Khanapara foot overbridge late Thursday night dampening Diwali celebrations in the capital city.

Eyewitnesses said the accident took place around 3:40am after one of the vehicles, a Mahindra Scorpio bearing registration number AS-01EG-0820 attempted to take a U-turn near the foot overbridge while the second vehicle, also a Mahindra Scorpio bearing registration number AS-01-GB-6269 coming towards Ganeshguri, crashed into the first vehicle.

It then lost control and then hit the steps of the foot-overbridge before turning turtle.

Twenty-year-old Deepit Dey, who was at the wheels of the second vehicle, and his female friend Kunamika Basumatary (19), died on the spot while another passenger, 19-year-old Niharike Basumatary, was injured in the accident but fortunately survived.

The impact of the crash was so devastating that the second car was reduced to a heap of mangled steel.