Accident News Updates

Besides the driver and the helper, there were 28 passengers on board.

The accident took place near Rikhavu khadd on the way to the Himalayan shrine around two kilometres from Damta on NH-94, Uttarkashi District Disaster Management Officer Devendra Patwal said.

At least seven people were charred to death after a Hyderabad-bound sleeper bus from Goa caught fire after a head-on collision with a DCM van near Kamalapur in Kalaburagi.

The police said that 28 passengers were travelling in the bus. Of them, 21 managed to come out of the bus.

The affected women complained of vomiting, headache and burning sensation in eyes.

"The last dead body has been recovered," Nepal Army Spokesperson Brigadier General Narayan Silwal tweeted.

The turboprop Twin Otter 9N-AET plane had four Indian nationals, two Germans and 13 Nepali passengers besides a three-member Nepali crew.

A fatal collision between a truck and auto-rickshaw left at least two people dead and three others critically injured in Angul.

The search and rescue troops have physically located the plane crash site. Details will be followed, Brig. Gen. Silwal said on Twitter.

Unabated road mishaps and the spike in death rates have turned into a major concern for the Odisha government. As per the Central government's Road accident in India 2020 report, in comparison to 2019, the death rates have reduced in 2022, however, during lockdown and shutdown even around 9817 accidents were reported.

There are four Indian nationals, two Germans and 13 Nepali passengers besides a three-member Nepali crew.

Honey collection turned fatal for a youth in Karajia after he fell from the tree and died on Saturday night.

The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained. All the injured have been admitted to a local hospital.

The government on Wednesday took a decision to restrict vehicles of other states from using the Kalinga Ghat road as the drivers are not accustomed to the hairpin bends of the road.

At least six passengers were killed and several others sustained critical injuries after a bus in which they were travelling overturned near Kalinga Ghat on Ganjam-Kandhamal border on Tuesday night.