14 killed in Tripura road accidents during Durga Puja

At least 14 people were killed and 55 injured, some of them critically, in separate road accidents across Tripura during the five-day Durga Puja festival, police said here Wednesday.

"In all 15 separate road accidents killed 13 people and injured at least 25 others in different parts of Tripura during the five-day Durga Puja festival (Oct 10-14). The victims were aged 20-41 years," a police spokesman told reporters.

He said: "All the road mishaps were caused due to speedy and negligent driving of two-wheelers and small cars. In some cases the drivers were drunk."

Of the 25 injured, most of them are in a critical condition and are being treated at different government hospitals and medical colleges. Some of them have been shifted to Kolkata.

In another accident Tuesday, a 35-year-old man was killed and 30 people injured when a Agartala bound passenger bus overturned at Udaipur in south Tripura, 55 km south from here.