Accident News Updates

About 50 people including children and women from Kharsia area in neighbouring Chhattisgarh state had gone to a temple on an islet in the middle of the river.

A prawn fisherman, identified as Anil Behera of Saliancha village under Aul Police limits, was working in his prawn gheri at Saliancha Bheda when he was struck by lightning.

Responding to the mishap, Additional Commissioner Transport/(Road Safety), Lal Mohan Sethi on Tuesday said that the accident happened due to negligence of the bus driver.

Another person injured in the mishap has reportedly been admitted to a nearby hospital in a critical condition.

Over 20 passengers of a bus sustained injuries after the bus they were travelling in met with an accident on NH-55 near Jarapada chhak in Odisha's Angul district on Tuesday.

The incident happened at Sivarakottai near Thirumangalam in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday morning.

Though the exact reason behind the accident is not clear, it is suspected that the mishap occurred after the driver of the Mo Bus lost control of the steering wheel.

A Class III student of the Government Upper Primary School in Bahakandia village under Sadar Police limits of Kendrapara suffered severe burn injuries when he allegedly fell on a pot filled with hot rice gruel.

According to police, on Sunday, a PCR call about an accident was received following which a team rushed to the scene near Fatehchand Kachori Shop on Rajpur Road, Civil Lines, Delhi, and found a white-coloured Mercedes car in a wrecked condition.

Sources said the incident occurred while the villagers were returning home after watching a dance festival organised on the occasion of Dola Purnima.

According to sources, the three deceased were going on a motorbike when they lost balance on their two-wheeler and rammed into a truck.

On being informed, three fire tenders reached the spot and launched an operation to control the flame. 

As per reports, Akshay who works for a Jatra party, was shooting for social media Reels on the railway track with some of his friends when Neelachal Express hit him from behind.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also rushed to the spot with a bandage on her head.

All the injured have been admitted to Kundura community health center (CHC). The critical will be shifted to Jeypore or Koraput after preliminary treatment at the CHC.