IMPHAL, May 2 MNS NNN5: A 75-year-old man died and five others, including women and children were injured following a major road accident in Sagolband in Imphal this morning.
Pukhrabam Iboyaima of Sagolband Pukhrabam Leikai succumbed at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) here after a brief treatment.
Reports said the road mishap took place around 11 am at Sagolband Tera Tongbram Leirak after a head-on-collision between a Maruti car and an autorickshaw. Five people including the victim were in the car. They were supposed to attend a mapam chakkouba, a ritual feast which is organised after five days of marriage.
Five persons, including the auto driver, two children and two women were also injured in the accident.
The patient party strongly protested against the doctors who were on duty blaming them for the death. A commotion also took place between the patient party and the doctors inside the hospital following the death of the old man, but the security guards there managed to control it. The deceased was the father-in-law of Lamshang constituency MLA Dr Brajabidhu who also visited the hospital and reviewed the situation.
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