Surat, June 2 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and around 15 others injured after a major road accident involving two Maharashtra State Transport (ST) buses and a tractor near Uva-Manekpor village in Bardoli taluka of Gujarat’s Surat district on Tuesday, officials said. According to preliminary information, a Maharashtra ST bus travelling from Dhule to Surat via Navapur collided with a tractor moving ahead of it on the highway.The impact caused the bus to cross the central divider and cr…
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Chicago (United States), May 18 (IANS) A 25-year-old Indian student lost her life while six others were injured in a tragic road accident near Chicago in the United States, officials confirmed on Monday (Indian time). The fatal accident occurred late on Saturday night (US time) along Interstate 65 near Crown Point in Lake County, Indiana, according to the police.According to local media reports, the deceased student has been identified as Navya Gadusu. The Lake County Coroner’s Office confirmed …
Bhopal/Dewas, May 17 (IANS) At least three labourers were killed and two others seriously injured in a road accident in the Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh, said officials on Sunday. The accident occurred around 12:30 a.m.- 1.00 a.m. near the Berkhedi crossing, close to Chaubaradhara, within the jurisdiction of the Pipalrava police station, when a mini truck laden with a heavy cargo of onions overturned. The truck was en route from the Gandharvapuri area towards Chaubaradhara when the driver re…
Chennai, May 13 (IANS) In a tragic road accident near Vellakovil in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district during the early hours of Wednesday, six people, including a police constable on duty, were killed on the spot after a speeding car crashed into a lorry near a police checkpoint on the Karur National Highway.According to police, the accident occurred near the Karur National Highway police checkpost at Vellakovil when officials were engaged in clearing a lorry that had earlier hit the median barrier…
Nuh (Haryana), May 5 (IANS) Five Uttar Pradesh policemen were killed in a road mishap on Tuesday when a speeding SUV they were travelling in collided with another vehicle on the KMP Expressway in the Nuh district of Haryana, a police official said. The five policemen killed in the incident were posted in UP’s Jalaun district, the police said.The incident took place around 10.30 a.m. near the Dhulawat toll plaza when the driver of the black SUV – coming from the direction of Palwal – tried to…
Bhopal, April 30 (IANS) Three persons, including a married couple, were killed in a road accident in a village within the jurisdiction of the Ater police station of Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district, said officials on Thursday.The incident left a trail of heartbreak for a local family. Speaking to IANS, Chhatrapal Singh Tomar, the Ater police station in charge, said the tragedy occurred in Balarpura when two speeding motorcycles collided head-on with immense force. The impact resulted in three imm…
New Delhi/Bhopal, April 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also expressed deep condolences over the heartbreaking road accident that claimed 12 lives and left 13 injured on Wednesday evening at Tirla bypass near Chikliya Phata in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district.The accident occurred on Indore-Ahmedabad highway when a pick-up vehicle carrying several labourers including children overturned. According to police officials, the accident occurred near a petrol pump in Chikliya. The pickup vehi…
Bhopal, April 29 (IANS) A devastating road accident on the Tirla Bypass in Dhar district claimed the lives of at least eight labourers, including children, on Wednesday night.The incident occurred around 8.30 p.m. near a private petrol pump in the Chikaliya area when a pick-up truck, dangerously overcrowded with passengers, lost control and overturned.Preliminary police reports suggest the vehicle was carrying between 40 and 45 labourers, a figure that far exceeds the legal and safe seating capa…
Rajgarh, April 28 (IANS) Tragedy struck the Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh when a celebratory trip turned into a horrific road accident near Pachor. Two women were killed, and 21 others sustained injuries after a speeding truck collided with a pickup vehicle carrying members of a family. The victims, belonging to the Yadav family from Mavasa village in Khujner tehsil, were travelling towards Barkheda village to participate in a Mamera ceremony, a traditional pre-wedding ritual.The incident o…
Patna, April 27 (IANS) A tragic road accident in Bihar’s Saran district claimed the lives of three people and left four others critically injured after a speeding SUV rammed into an auto-rickshaw.The incident occurred near Manopur village under the Dighwara police station limits on a National Highway on Sunday night.According to an official, the victims were returning to their native village, Jhauwa Basant, under Garkha police station, after attending a ‘Shiv Charcha’ religious gathering i…