Tag: Bus Accident

Bengaluru: At least 25 people drowned on Saturday when a private bus they were travelling in plunged into a canal in Karnataka’s Mandya district, police said. “The mishap occurred around noon at Kanaganamaradi village near Pandavapura town, as the bus skidded off the bridge and fell into the Cauvery river canal,” a Mandya police control […]

Ahmednagar (Maharashtra): At least eight passengers were killed when a private bus in which they were travelling rammed into a stationery truck on the Pune-Aurangabad highway, on Monday, an official said. According to Ahmednagar Police Control official Riyad Inamdar, the incident occurred at around 5.20 a.m. when the bus was speeding from Aurangabad to Pune. […]

Kolkata: A bus accident in West Bengal’s Hooghly district left six persons dead and twenty injured on Tuesday, police said. “The bus overturned and fell into the Dakatiya Khaal (a canal) on Haripal Road this morning. The injured were rushed to hospital,” a police official said. The rescue operation was still underway and the cause […]

Hyderabad: The death toll in Tuesday’s bus tragedy in Telangana rose to 61 with three passengers succumbing to their injuries on Wednesday. As many as 58 people were killed when an overcrowded bus of state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) plunged into a gorge near Kondagattu in Jagtial district, about 190 km from Hyderabad, […]

Hyderabad: The death toll in Tuesday’s ghastly bus accident in Telangana rose to 57 even as the state government suspended an official of the state road transport corporation and ordered an inquiry. As many as 43 people were also injured in the accident that occurred when an overcrowded state-run bus fell into a gorge in […]

Shimla: Thirty people, including 27 students, were killed on Monday when a private school bus fell into a gorge in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, police said. Superintendent of Police Santosh Patyal said all the killed students were in the age of 10 to 12, while the bus driver and two women teachers were among […]

Kolkata: Thirty six people, including two children, were killed and several were missing after a bus with around 50 passengers crashed through a bridge railing and plunged into a canal in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Monday morning, officials said. Nine injured passengers were admitted to the Baharampur Medical College and Hospital. Chief Minister Mamata […]

Kolhapur (Maharashtra): 13 persons were killed and three injured after a minibus fell into a river early on Saturday, an official said. The incident occurred when the private bus with at least 16 passengers was heading from Ratnagiri to Kolhapur. Around 12.45 a.m. when the vehicle was speeding along the Shivaji Bridge on the Panchganga […]

Vijayawada: Five persons were killed and eight others injured in a truck-bus collision in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh early on Friday, police said. The truck hit the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) bus near Anantapalli in Nallajarla ‘mandala’ (block). Four of the deceased were from the same family and include four […]

Jaipur: At least 30 people were killed and 15 injured when a passenger bus fell into a river on Saturday near Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur, police said. The Sawai Madhopur-Lalsot bus was driven by a 16-year-old conductor who lost control due to over-speeding, officials said. The bus skidded and fell off a bridge into the Banas […]

Jammu: At least 16 pilgrims on their way to the Amarnath shrine were killed and 20 others injured on Sunday when a bus carrying them plunged into a gorge near Banihal town in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district. Police sources said the bus carrying the pilgrims from Jammu to the hill shrine spun out of […]

Shimla: At least 40 people were missing when a bus fell into a river in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla district on Wednesday, police said. The private bus was on its way to Tunni village in Shimla district, from Vikas Nagar in neighbouring Uttarakhand, when it skidded off the road and fell into the Tons river. The […]

Cuttack: At least 15 persons were injured after a bus they were travelling in lost control and smashed into a truck from behind near Jagatpur-Manguli road on NH-16 in Cuttack district today. As per reports, the victims were rescued by the locals and rushed to a nearby hospital. Five of the injured including the bus […]

Kathmandu: A bus carrying college students and their teachers back from an educational trip veered off a mountainous road and lunged into a ravine in Nepal, killing 23 people and injuring 14 others. The fatal crash occurred on Friday when the bus was returning from Kapurkot in Salyan district. According to the District Police Office, […]

Angul: More than 30 passengers have been injured after a bus collided with a truck on NH-149 near Gotamara under Banarpal police limits in the district late Tuesday night. Sources said 60 passengers were travelling in the private bus from Thakurhat area in Kendrapara district to Rourkela for picnicking and visiting various tourist destinations in […]