Guwahati: A passenger train derailed on Friday morning in Kamrup (Rural) district of Assam, after hitting an earth-cutting vehicle on its track, leaving two people dead and 50 injured. The Bongaigaon-Guwahati Chilarai Passenger train rammed into the vehicle stuck on the track at Gossainghati between Azara and Mirza railway stations leaving about 50 injured around 9.30 am, railway sources said. Three bogies of the Bongaigaon-Guwahati passenger train derailed. The injured...
10:19 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Mumbai: Three-year-old Arundhati Anand, who suffered severe head injuries in an accident with Shiv Sena MP Bharatkumar Raut's car on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on January 22, succumbed to her wounds on Tuesday morning in Aditya Birla Hospital, Chinchwad. CEO of Aditya Birla Hospital Rekha Dubey said, "As Arundhati's condition was deteriorating rapidly, she was put on ventilator. She breathed her last early in the morning." Dr Umesh Phalke, who also...
12:02 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: A school bus overturned in Panipat on Saturday, injuring 12 students, five of whom were serious. The bus, with 35 students on board, belonged to the BRS school in Jind. The injured have been admitted to Prem hospital in Panipat and the government hospital. The police was investigating into the accident and a case of negligence has been registered against the driver. ...
10:35 AM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: Six persons were killed and 20 others injured as a tourist bus from Uttar Pradesh met with an accident in Balasore District of Odisha. Sources said that the accident happened due to fog. "Balasore accident due to heavy fog and it's a tourist bus from Uttar Pradesh," they said. ...
07:40 AM, Jan 19, 2012
Mumbai: Alistair Pereira, whose bail was cancelled in the 2006 hit-and-run case in Mumbai surrendered before a court in Sewri on Monday. On January 12, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction and three years jail term awarded to the Mumbai-based businessman for mowing down seven persons by his speeding car in an inebriated condition, but said the punishment for the "despicable aggravated offence" was "too meagre". The apex court, which...
01:33 PM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: One bogie of the Brahmaputra Mail got derailed on Wednesday leaving five dead and six injured. Accident took place at 5.50 AM at Karanpura in Eastern Railways division. The accident happened when a stationary goods train with fault in the engine suddenly rolled back and hit the sleeper coach at Karanpura station. Sahibganj SP Vijay Laxmi said, "Rescue operations are on. All the injured have been shifted to...
07:38 AM, Jan 11, 2012
Kolkata: One person was killed while six others were injured on Saturday night when a local train hit a stationary train at a platform in West Bengal's Nadia district, railway officials said. The head-on collision took place when the Shantipur-Sealdah local which was coming from the opposite direction hit the stationary Sealdah-Shantipur local train waiting at the number 2 platform of Fulia station. Three coaches of the Shantipur-Sealdah local were...
10:44 PM, Jan 07, 2012
In a freak accident in the US, three freight trains crashed in Northwest Indiana on Friday. One of them was ferrying highly flammable material. The accident occured when one of the trains rear-ended another that had stopped on the tracks for unknown reasons. The crash triggered an explosion. Firefighters struggled to control the blaze. No casualties were reported. ...
10:39 AM, Jan 07, 2012
Mumbai: It was meant for creating much-needed awareness regarding road safety. But the drawing competition for schoolchildren being organised by Mumbai's regional transport offices (RTOs) and education department has now taken on a rather gloomy hue, with child psychologists claiming that subjects like 'The accident I saw' may send a young participant into post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The contest is being held during the ongoing road safety week -- from...
02:19 PM, Jan 06, 2012
CHENNAI: Figures released by Greater Chennai Traffic police show that 21 lakh cases were registered in connection with traffic violations in the city and a total penalty of Rs 14 crore was collected in 2011. The statistics also reveal that while overall accidents decreased by 0.5 per cent, fatalities rose by three per cent compared to the previous year. Pointing to stricter enforcement of traffic laws, the data shows a...
08:44 AM, Jan 06, 2012
Beijing: A bus went out of control and slipped from a snow-covered bridge in southern China on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people, state media reported. About 50 people were aboard the bus when it crashed this afternoon, including 30 who were rescued, the Xinhua News Agency said. There were no immediate reports on injuries. The bus had been traveling from the central province of Anhui when it plunged from...
04:41 AM, Jan 05, 2012
Ambala: Ten children on their way to school were killed and 23 others were injured when the bus carrying them collided head-on with a truck amid heavy fog on Saha-Shahabad road near here this morning. Police said visibility was poor due to a thick blanket of fog in the area and the two vehicles collided head-on. The victims were in the age group of 5 to 8 years and were...
12:55 PM, Jan 02, 2012
HYDERABAD: As sure as one year follows the next, Hyderabad sees a spate of accidents occurring during revelry on new years eve. This time, 10 people lost their lives in five separate mishaps in the city and its outskirts. All the accidents were attributed to drunken or rash driving. In Bowenpally, five youngsters travelling at a high speed on one motorcycle, crashed into a wall and fell into a nala....
09:07 AM, Jan 02, 2012
Thane: Over 40 children were injured on Wednesday night when a school bus carrying them hit a road divider and turned turtle near Lonavala, police said. A female teacher accompanying the students and the driver of the vehicle also suffered critical injuries, they said. According to officials, the children were returning after a picnic at Kolhapur when their bus hit a road divider and overturned near Amrutanjan bridge, between Lonavala...
08:26 AM, Dec 29, 2011
CHENNAI: A total of 623 people were killed and 256 others got injured, while trespassing railway track in Chennai and its adjoining districts till November this year. Concerned over the loss of numerous lives, the Chennai Division of the Southern Railway organised a walkathon at Marina Beach on Sunday morning to create an awareness of the dangers of trespassing among the general public. Addressing the participants on the occasion, S...
08:12 AM, Dec 12, 2011
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