Guwahati, Nov. 14 -- Seven people injured in the fatal road accident near Kaziranga remain in critical condition at Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH), with five of them requiring ventilator support, hospital Superintendent Dr Manab Jyoti Gohain said on Saturday.

According to Gohain, 20 injured people were brought to JMCH following the accident. Three have since died, while 17 remain admitted to the hospital.

"Out of those 17 patients, seven are admitted in the ICU, and they are in a very critical state. The remaining 10 are in the general ward," he said.

He added that two patients died on November 13, while another succumbed to injuries on Saturday morning, taking the number of deaths among those admitted to JMCH to three.

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