Tag: Road Accident

Bolangir: One person was killed while two others sustained critical injuries in two mishaps involving three ambulances at separate places of the State on Saturday morning. In the first mishap, one person died and another was injured after a speeding truck rammed into two ambulances near Ratanpur Chhak under Deogaon police limits on Bolangir- Titlagarh […]

Dubai: As many as 12 Indians were among the 17 people who were killed when a tourist bus from Oman rammed into a signboard in Dubai, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar confirmed today. Nine others, including the bus driver, have been severely injured and are being treated in the city’s Rashid Hospital. The External Affairs […]

Hazaribagh (Jharkhand): Eleven persons, including three women and a child, were killed and 22 others injured Monday when a Patna-bound bus hit an iron-laden stationary trailer-truck on NH-2 in Hazaribagh district, police said. The accident took place at dawn near Danua-Bhanua area under Chouparan Police Station limits, when the bus crashed into the trailer-truck from […]

Koraput/Balasore: Three members of a family were killed after a sand-laden truck rammed into their house while three other people sustained grievous injuries in two separate road mishaps in Odisha today. In Koraput, a sand laden truck going from Semiliguda to Damanjodi hit a house at Bhojput village in Sunabeda area, killing a couple and […]

Shimla: The death toll due to a road accident in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district has increased to 44, officials said on Friday. A total of 73 passengers were on board when an overloaded private mini bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge near Banjar, some 50 km from Kullu town, on […]

Kendrapara: After Mama Mallick of Teragaon village under Marshaghai police station here gave birth to a baby girl, her family was brimming with joy to welcome the newborn to their home. The happiness knew no bound until the villagers heard the shocking news that en route to home from hospital this morning, the newborn was […]

Daringbadi: Tension prevailed in Daringbadi area of Kandhamal district today after hundreds of locals blocked National Highway-59 following the death of two persons in a road accident which occurred late Friday night. One Kiliyan Pradhan and his nephew Subaham Pradhan of Dabulumaha village were critically injured after the bike they were riding was hit by […]

Dhenkanal: A couple was killed while four others sustained critical injuries in road mishap at Old Cuttack-Sambalpur Road under Bhapur Outpost near Jaripal in the district today. The deceased have been identified as Pratap Chandra Patnaik and his wife Lilabati. As per reports, the couple was travelling towards Angul in a car when their vehicle […]

Mayurbhanj: At least four persons including a woman were killed and 10 others sustained critical injuries in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck carrying iron rods near Agaria bridge under Baisinga Police limits on NH-18 in Baripada late Thursday night. As per reports, the ill-fated ‘Kalpana’ bus carrying 20 passengers was travelling […]

Bhubaneswar: At least three persons killed and seven others injured in separate road mishaps at different places of the State on Saturday. In the first incident, a farmer was killed after a paddy-laden truck ran over him near Kendubahali Chhak under Kantabanji area in Bolangir district. The deceased, Gharua Satnami of nearby Satnamipada village was […]

Jajpur/ Balasore: Ensuring safety of commuters is turning out to be a major challenge for the State government as road mishaps continue to take lives across the State. As per latest reports, two persons were killed while four others sustained critical injuries in separate road mishaps in Jajpur and Balasore districts today. In Jajpur, driver […]

New Delhi: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the government is ready with a plan to invest Rs 14,000 crore on black spots on National Highways to reduce road accidents and save lives. Speaking in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour, the Minister said the step was being taken after […]

Balasore:  A truck carrying around 60 cattle overturned on NH 60 near Alalpur under Jaleswar police limits in the district today, killing at least 25 cattle on the spot. According to sources, the cattle-laden truck was en route to West Bengal when the driver lost control and the vehicle turned turtle. More than 35 cattle […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as five youths from Odisha were killed and three others sustained critical injuries in a road accident in Dhulagarh area near Kolkata of West Bengal Tuesday late night. All the victims are stated to be residents of Jajpur, Cuttack and Kuansa area of Bhadrak district. The two among the deceased have been […]

My good friend Chitta Ranjan recently landed in hospital and had a steel rod inserted into his left leg. Doctors treating him say he may never be able to drive…