Husband and wife travelling in a Bolero were injured when their vehicle was smashed by a heavily loaded truck (AS-01-EC 9271) near Kohima Orphanage and Destitute Home on Tuesday afternoon.
The truck was heading towards Dimapur when it capsized and smashed the Bolero which was heading towards Kohima.
The injured husband and wife were rushed to a hospital for treatment however their condition was not made known till the filing of this report.
The Kohima traffic deputy SP has informed that the truck driver has absconded from the site. Both the vehicles have been kept under police custody for mechanical examination to ascertain the cause of accident.
Two recovery vehicles and excavator (JCB) were utilized to pull up the vehicles and clear the traffic. Hundreds of vehicles were stranded on the highway. This is not the first instance where loaded trucks have met accident in the highway.