Silchar, Nov. 13 -- At least 26 people were killed and several were critically injured after a passenger vehicle carrying more than 35 people, including school students, collided head-on with a trailer in Assam's Golaghat district on Friday afternoon, police said.

The accident took place at around 2.30 pm, when the passenger vehicle, travelling from Bokakhat towards Nagaon, collided with the goods-carrying vehicle, officers said.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Golaghat Swapaneel Deka earlier said that at least 23 persons were killed in the accident. Three more people succumbed to their injuries later in the day, taking the toll to 26.

The injured are being taken to nearby Kohora Model Hospital, while those who are critically ...