Four Die in Tripura Road Crashes During Durga Puja

Agartala: Road accidents turned deadly across Tripura during the Durga Puja festivities. Police records confirm four fatalities and 23 injuries between October 17 and October 22. Officials registered 11 traffic accidents during this six-day stretch. Four of those crashes proved fatal, while seven others resulted in injuries.

West Tripura and Unakoti districts led the state in wreckage. Both regions recorded three separate accidents each. West Tripura saw one death and seven injuries stemming from one fatal and two non-fatal incidents. Unakoti tracked one fatality and four injuries across its three reported crashes. Sepahijala reported two non-fatal accidents that injured seven people. North Tripura recorded a single non-fatal crash leaving two injured.

Gomati and Dhalai districts each suffered one fatal accident. Those two incidents claimed one life and caused two injuries in Gomati, while Dhalai saw one death and one injury. South Tripura and Khowai remained clear of accidents throughout the entire festival. Regarding the state of road safety during the holidays, the data confirms that officials are grappling with, "continuing road safety concerns during the festive season."