Two killed in separate road accidents, police sub-inspector injured

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Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Tripura on Friday. One person died in a crash in front of Ambassa police station during the midnight hours of Panchami, while a police sub-inspector sustained serious injuries in the same incident.

The first accident occurred in front of Ambassa police station, where Sagar Deb, a resident of Dalubari, died. His friend, police sub-inspector Sushanta Mallick, was seriously injured and is undergoing treatment at GBP Hospital.

In a separate incident, a scooter rider was killed after a goods truck hit his vehicle in the Kalsimukh area of South Tripura district early on Friday, police said.

The deceased was identified as Ajay Shil Sharma, a resident of Paschim Charakbai village under Baikhora in the Santirbazar subdivision.

According to the account of the incident, Sharma was returning home from Jolaibari on his scooter (registration number TR 08 G 8309) after completing his work. When he reached Kalsimukh, a goods truck bearing registration number TR 03 J 1739 allegedly hit his scooter with force, throwing him onto the national highway.

Sharma sustained fatal injuries in the collision and died at the spot.

Troopers from the Jolaibari fire service and police from Baikhora police station reached the spot after receiving information about the accident. They rescued the injured scooter rider and took him to Baikhora Primary Health Centre, where the attending doctor examined him and declared him dead.

The body has been kept at the mortuary of Baikhora Primary Health Centre. It will be handed over to his family after a post-mortem examination, police said. 

The accident has left Sharma's family members and locals in Paschim Charakbai mourning.

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