Accident News Updates

Bhagalpur District Magistrate Subrat Kumar Sen said the blast took place inside the house of Mahendra Mandal in Kajbalichak locality of the town in the early hours.

Hindol Police rushed to the spot and broke the window glass panes of the vehicle and found the lifeless body...

As many as six persons, including a child and a woman, were killed after a car in which they were travelling in lost control and hit a road-side tree near Sunsunia on Nuapara-Bargarh road in the afternoon on Monday afternoon.

The solatium to a person sustaining grievous wounds in hit-and-run case will now increase to Rs 50,000 from the present Rs 12,500, the government in the notification issued on February 25 said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in a road accident in Champawat, Uttarakhand.

According to sources, the mishap took place when the ill-fated bus from Odisha with 47 passengers on board was on its way to Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

The driver of the vehicle lost control over the steering and it fell into the river by breaking the barricades on the bridge, sources said.

DSP's Hind Mazdoor Sangh union president Tapas Ray demanded adequate compensation for the family of the deceased.

“As per routine, trains are taken to the washing line after the passengers finally deboard the train at the last stoppage,” said the Public Relations Officer of Sambalpur Railway Division.

The bus was on way from Vadodara to Udhna town in Surat when it hit the truck near Kim Crossroad in the morning, possibly due to poor visibility as a result of fog, he said.

The police said that a group of 15 people were at the site where the accident took place.

The deceased has been identified as Amar Panda while the injured is Sushil Kumar. The injured has been admitted to Ispat General Hospital (IGH), Rourkela.

The Odisha government on Friday issued a stern warning to the people of State not to violate the compulsory helmet-wearing guideline at all, or else face harsh penalties. 

Comparing both the incidents with the bus mishap and the ex-gratia amount announced by the respective governments, Das demanded the Odisha government to raise the ex-gratia amount and compensate the victims’ families from Chief Minister Relief Fund without any hesitation.

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