AGARTALA, Jan 20 (TIWN): Once again one life was claimed when during road crossing a bike smashed a woman named Basan Khiri (70) at Kalyanpur.

The survey says since the new year’s beginning the accident rates are massively increasing in state.

1. On January 15 a maruti van TR01F2011, on losing control bumped into a rickshaw and a bicycle. In the incident, rickshaw puller, two persons in the rickshaw and two persons in the maruti van were wounded.
2. On the same day January 15 at about 11.30 AM, one Samar Dey (30), S/O Sri Sachindra Dey of Charganki, PS-Khowai was proceeding towards Khowai by driving a vehicle bearing No.TR-06-0364 (Maruti) and while reached at Cherma met an accident dashing a tree.As a result driver of the vehicle namely Samar Dey sustained grievous injuries on his person and was shifted to Khowai hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
3. A young man named Bapi Nandi age 33 years was dashed by a scooty. The incident took place on Jan 15 at Tepania, R.D Block.
4. On 4rth January, 1 killed, 7 injured : The accident held on the National Highway when an auto bearing number : TR052429 hit by the truck numbered :AS11AC3841. All of a sudden the hapless people sitting inside the auto became critically injured among them the drived died on the spot. The driver has been identified as Uttam Debnath (34).
5. On Jan 5, two persons died in a road accident at Amtali just on Thursday. The accident held when a scooty was collided with a huge truck at 2 PM. Debashish Debbarma & Ganguli Debbarma are the two hapless deceases have been identified who died in that fatal accident.  

Apart from that more 2 deaths held at Amtali. Day by day the increasing accident rates has created tension among the citizens here