A security vehicle which was part of the convoy of Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora was hit by a dumper on NH-37 in Sivasagar district today and at least six police men in it were injured.
The security vehicle, which was among the five in the convoy, skidded off the road into a wayside ditch near Jhanji Hahchora Tinali under Amguri police station under the impact of the collision, the police said.
Both the driver and the handyman of the dumper fled after the incident but the police caught them and seized their vehicle.
All the injured security personnel including the driver of the security vehicle were rushed to a nearby community health centre.
The convoy was on way to Dibrugarh to pick up the minister who had landed at Mohanbari airport in Dibrugarh, police said.
After the accident the rest of the convoy went to the airport and accompanied Bora, who inquired into the condition of the injured security personnel.
Later, the damaged vehicle was pulled up, the police added.
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