Etah (UP): At least 21 people were killed and 23 others injured when a roadways bus they were travelling in fell into the Hazara canal in Etah, police said on Monday. The incident occurred late Sunday night when the driver of the bus going to Delhi from Farukhabad lost control over the vehicle and it fell into the canal in Pilua area, they said.
While bodies of 21 people were fished out from the canal, 23 others were saved by the locals and a police team. Among those killed included 11 of a family, including a newly-wed bride, going to Ghaziabad from Aliganj after the marriage ceremony.
The injured have been admitted to a hospital, where their condition was stated to be stable, police said. According to the passengers, the driver of the bus was in an inebriated condition.
Some passengers are said to be missing and police was trying to trace them. Their exact number is yet to be ascertained, Etah District Magistrate Lokesh M said, adding relief and rescue operation were on. Those killed included 10 men, four women and seven children, SSP Radheymohan Bhardwaj said....
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11:54 AM, May 27, 2013
Etah (UP): At least 19 people were killed and 23 others got injured when a roadways bus in which they were travelling fell in to the Hazara canal in Etah in Pilua area, police said on Monday. The incident occurred late Sunday night when driver of the bus lost control over the vehicle and it fell into the canal, they said. While 19 people were killed, 23 others were saved...
10:41 AM, May 27, 2013
A "drunk" Indian businessman has earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first foreign national to be held under China's new law authorising lower courts to prosecute foreigners. Abdul Ajees Mohamed Mustafa, 24, was detained after his car was involved in an accident in the country's international commodity hub Yiwu on November 8, state-run Global Times newspaper reported on Friday. ...
07:44 PM, Jan 11, 2013
An allegedly drunk policeman ran over a 22-year-old woman in Mumbai, who later succumbed to her injuries suffered during the accident on Monday. Family and friends of the woman have alleged that the policeman driving the van was drunk while the police have said the officer was not responsible. ...
09:21 PM, Dec 31, 2012
An allegedly drunk policeman ran over a 22-year-old woman in Mumbai, who later succumbed to her injuries suffered during the accident on Monday. Family and friends of the woman have alleged that the policeman driving the van was drunk while the police have said the officer was not responsible. ...
09:21 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Security has been beefed up in Guwahati and other parts of Assam in the run-up to the New Year, with city police launching special drive against drunk driving. "We have stepped up patrolling and put both uniformed personnel and plainclothes police at sensitive places. Our main target are those who are engaged in drunk driving," Kamrup Metro Senior Superintendent of Police AK Tiwari said. ...
06:33 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Hyderabad: Though the drive against drunken driving had been initiated almost 10 months ago by the city traffic police, violation of the rule is still a cause of concern. Thousands of cases have been registered so far, yet the police are having a tough time dealing with those who violate the rule. The police find it surprising as a majority of those who violate the drunken driving rule are either...
01:31 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Mumbai: In a yet another case of suspected drunk driving in Mumbai, a young actor was killed on Friday night. Eighteen-year-old television actress Neeral Bhardwaj died after a Honda city rammed into an auto rickshaw she was travelling. Neeral has acted in soaps like 'Mata ki Chowki' and 'Shani Dev ki Mahima'. After the police arrested the driver of the car, Purvesh Patkar, his relatives staged a protest at the...
06:29 AM, Sep 08, 2012
Bangalore: "Jungle mein more nacha, kissi ne na dekha, hum jo thodi si peeke zara jhoome, hai re sab ne dekha!" (When the peacock danced in the jungle, nobody saw, but when I drank and danced a little, everybody saw) The film Madhumatis song aptly captured the capability of a drunk to attract attention through Mohammad Rafis voice and the comic antics of Johnny Walker (not the Scotch). Bangalore traffic...
12:47 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: An NDMC employee, sentenced to five days in jail for driving in an inebriated condition, has been spared imprisonment by a Delhi court on the condition that he would assist police at busy traffic signals for five days. Additional Sessions Judge(ASJ) SC Rajan has asked Rajpal Singh, employed with the New Delhi Municipal Corporation to report to the South West Delhi's Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Traffic) in...
03:30 PM, May 16, 2012
Mumbai: In a case of drunk driving in Mumbai, the 41-year-old son of former Punjab Police IG Paramjit Singh Sandhu rammed his SUV into a cyclist, injuring him. He then threatened police officials by flaunting his father's name. Police say Paramdeep was in an inebriated state at the time of the accident and was arrested for drunk, rash and negligent driving as well as for assault to deter a public...
11:19 AM, Apr 10, 2012
Mumbai: A joyride gone horribly wrong in Mumbai. Eighteen-year-old Shivani Raut lost her life in a car crash, while six others are hospitalized. Police claims one of their friends was driving the car in an inebriated state. The accident happened near an ATM, after the driver lost control and hit a tree, before ramming straight into a stationary autorikshaw. Shivani Raut, along with 5 friends, was on a joyride in...
09:17 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Mumbai: A suspected case of drunken driving in Mumbai left an 18-year-old girl dead. The victim and her friends, all in their 20s, were in a speeding Hyundai Getz which rammed into a tree on Friday night. The girl, who was taken to a hospital in a critical condition later succumbed to her injuries. The incident took place in the western suburb of Santa Cruz. Four others - three boys...
12:30 PM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: After a series of fatal accidents due to overspeeding in the city, Delhi Police is now mulling ways to jail those who drive their vehicles above the prescribed speed limit. "We will propose that those who drive at speeds which are excessive should be detained and their driving licences seized and suspended, based on photographic evidence by the courts, apart from fines etc. "Over speeding also has jail...
06:11 PM, Mar 20, 2012
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11:37 PM, Mar 02, 2012
A day after government's tough stand on drunk driving, mixed reactions have come in from across the country. ...
10:30 PM, Mar 02, 2012
HYDERABAD: The citys swish set are wary of visiting pubs nowadays. With the traffic police arresting people caught drunken driving and producing them in court, most youngsters who frequent pubs are preferring to drink at home, to avoid being caught drunk driving on roads. This has led to a decline in business between 20 and 40 per cent in the past one month, according to pub owners. With city police...
11:21 AM, Nov 22, 2011
HYDERABAD: Here is some good news for teetotalers and bad news for boozers. The traffic police will now get tough with drunken drivers. Besides detaining the vehicle, the cops will book a case against the culprits under Section 185 of the IPC and impose a penalty of Rs 1,000. Introducing the latest hand-held breath alcohol analysers, funded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) here on Thursday, C V Anand, Additional...
04:03 PM, Oct 28, 2011
Framingham (Massachusetts): An uncle of President Barack Obama has been charged with drunk driving in Massachusetts and is being held by immigration officials. Onyango Obama was arrested last week in Framingham after police said he made a rolling stop and nearly caused a cruiser to strike his sport utility vehicle. Police said that when asked if he wanted to make a phone call, the 67-year-old Obama said, "I think I...
07:57 AM, Aug 30, 2011
Waltham, Massachusetts: An alcohol-detection prototype that uses automatic sensors to instantly gauge a driver's fitness to be on the road has the potential to save thousands of lives, but could be as long as a decade away from everyday use in cars, federal officials and researchers said on Friday. US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited QinetiQ North America, a Waltham, Massachusetts - based research and development facility, for the first...
11:44 AM, Jan 29, 2011
