Guwahati: As many as four people have been injured when an electric pole collapsed on an e-rickshaw at Sualkuchi in Kamrup district of Assam on Friday.
The incident was reported in the Noapara area near SBI bank.
The driver and three passengers of an e-rickshaw were injured when an electric abruptly became uprooted and fell on it as it was moving.
According to reports, the three additional occupants were all from the same family and no one was seriously injured.
It is believed that the electric pole was uprooted because responsible officials, who were working on the local drainage system, were careless.
All of the injured were taken immediately after the incident to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) for treatment.