Guwahati, Aug. 31 -- Six people were killed, and several others were injured after a passenger traveller collided head-on with an oncoming truck at Khetri in Sonapur on the outskirts of Guwahati on Sunday night.

According to preliminary reports, the passenger vehicle was travelling from Nagaon towards Guwahati when it allegedly lost control after hitting a large pothole on National Highway-27. The vehicle veered across the highway divider and crashed into a truck coming from the opposite direction.

The impact left the passenger vehicle severely mangled, trapping several people inside. Rescue teams had to cut open the vehicle to evacuate those trapped.

Two passengers, identified as Inchan Ali of Kapatatka in Sonapur and Tafzul Ali of Ka...