India, Jan. 31 -- At least three people were killed and 20 others injured after a speeding dumper truck collided head-on with a tempo traveller (minibus) in the Srigauri area of Assam's Sribhumi district early on Saturday morning, police said.

The injured passengers are undergoing treatment at Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), a police officer said.

A tempo traveller with 23 passengers, reportedly members of a kirtaniya (devotional singing) group, were heading towards Bazarghat when the 12-wheeler dumper, allegedly travelling at high speed, came from the wrong side and collided with it around 6 am.

"The impact was so severe that the traveller veered off the road, plunged into a roadside ditch and was completely mangled," an ...