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Kaziranga crash: Driver’s health, overcrowding under probe; govt offers Rs 7L ex-gratia

Kaziranga crash: Driver’s health, overcrowding under probe; govt offers Rs 7L ex-gratia

What's behind this

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said a possible medical emergency, possibly a cardiac arrest or heart attack, suffered by the minibus driver may have contributed to the head‑on collision with a truck near Kaziranga National Park that left 26 people dead. He noted that 17 injured passengers were being treated at Jorhat Medical College and Hospital, with some in critical condition. He expressed concern over the increasing number of such incidents.

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RSS excerpt

Traveller carried 41 passengers against permitted 26, while vehicle had 10 previous traffic challans

2 of the 16 reports on this event credit a wire agency (ANI, PTI or IANS), all from the same agency.

Coverage arrived over 29 hours. First from The Hans India, latest from The Shillong Times.

High Corroboration 12 news outlets reporting

How this event was covered

First reported by The Hans India at 10:41 UTC on 13 Nov.

Coverage ran into a second day.

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  13. Organiser Bharatiya Prakashan (RSS)

    Assam Road Accident: 24 killed in horrific Kaziranga Highway crash; PM Modi announces Rs 2 Lakh ex-gratia for victims

    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced financial assistance for the victims of a catastrophic road collision in Assam’s Golaghat district, leading national and state leaders in expressing profound grief over the disaster. The fatal crash occurred on Friday in the Rongajaan area near…

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  14. 6 hours later
  15. The Assam Tribune Assam Tribune Group Current article

    Kaziranga crash: Driver’s health, overcrowding under probe; govt offers Rs 7L ex-gratia

    Traveller carried 41 passengers against permitted 26, while vehicle had 10 previous traffic challans

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  19. The New Indian Express Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

    Kaziranga crash driver may have suffered heart attack, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

    GUWAHATI : The death toll in Friday’s road mishap in Assam’s Kaziranga rose to 26 after an injured passenger succumbed on Saturday. Seventeen injured passengers were undergoing treatment at the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital, and the condition of some was stated to be critical. The mishap…

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  20. 59 minutes later
  21. Deccan Herald The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.

    Assam minibus-truck collision: Driver may have suffered heart attack, says CM Himanta Sarma

    Guwahati: A cardiac arrest of the driver could be the reason leading to the head-on collision of the minibus with a truck near Kaziranga National Park in Assam on Friday resulting in 26 deaths, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. "The way the minibus crashed into the truck makes us…

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  22. 31 minutes later

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12 newsrooms ran this event. 12 others published in India recently and did not.

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  • ANI ANI Media
  • DT Next Daily Thanthi Group
  • Deccan Chronicle Deccan Chronicle Holdings
  • Greater Kashmir GK Communications Pvt. Ltd.
  • India Today Living Media India
  • Kashmir Life Kashmir Life
  • Mathrubhumi English Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co.
  • Orissa Post Eastern Media Ltd (Sambad Group)
  • The National Herald The Associated Journals Ltd.
  • The Siasat Daily Siasat Daily
  • The Times of India Bennett, Coleman & Co.
  • The Tribune The Tribune Trust

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