Meghalaya CM Sangma condoles death of 17 people in a road accident, assures assistance to victims

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma condoled the death of 17 people in a road accident in West Khasi Hills district and assured all assistance to the victims.

“The authorities, with all the relatives and the people of the area are engaged to save further loss of life...and providing all assistance to the affected,” Sangma said in a statement.

“The accident has deeply saddened me especially with the number of lives lost and the injured,” he said.

At least 17 people were killed and 62 injured when a truck ferrying them to a church service overturned after hitting a concrete railing in Meghalaya’s West Khasi Hills district on Sunday.