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College girl crushed to death

A college girl was crushed to death dead by a speeding truck leaving a pall of gloom in the entire Golaghat district on Saturday.
The tragic incident took place at Balijan area in Dergaon where a moving truck crushed to death Seema Das when she was on her way to college on a bicycle in the morning.

Immediately after the incident the truck managed to flee from the spot. The HS first year student of Dergaon Junior College died on the spot.

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