Tag: Road Mishap

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 […]

Abuja: Nineteen people were killed in a multi-car crash in a Nigerian village, police said on Monday. Seven people were hurt on Sunday in the accident at Dinyar Madiga village, about 85 km away from the Kano metropolis, said state Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, reported Xinhua news agency. “The collision involved four […]

New York: Researchers have found that women are significantly more likely to suffer injuries than their male counterparts in frontal car crashes. Researchers said that belted female occupants have 73 per cent greater odds of being seriously injured in frontal car crashes compared to belted males (after controlling for collision severity, occupant age, stature, body […]

Bhubaneswar: At least nine persons were killed in separate road mishaps in Angul, Malkangiri, Koraput, Keonjhar and Balasore districts on Saturday. In Angul, three persons were killed and two others sustained critical injuries after the car in which they were travelling collided head-on with a speeding truck coming from the opposite direction near Pitiri road […]

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 […]

Baripada/Sambalpur: At least four persons were killed and 17 others sustained critical injuries in two separate mishaps in Mayurbhanj and Sambalpur districts on Saturday. A passenger bus en route to Sambalpur from Bhubaneswar overturned near Maneswar area killing two persons on the spot. Ten other passengers left injured were admitted to Sambalpur hospital for treatment, […]

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…

Phulbani: At least 39 passengers were injured after a bus they were travelling in fell into a gorge near Kotgarh in Kandhamal district today. As per reports, the mishap occurred after the driver of the bus lost control of the vehicle while crossing a bridge over Daduma Ghat. Sources said there were nearly 50 to […]

Shahjahanpur (UP): Sixteen people were killed and five others seriously injured in an accident involving three vehicles on National Highway 24 on Tuesday morning, police said. The accident took place on Jamka crossing when a speeding truck hit a tempo and another van and then overturned, SP (City) Dinesh Tripathi said. All those killed were […]

Khurda: A pall of gloom descended on Malipada village in Khurda district after the death of a local resident along with his two sons in a road accident on NH-16 near Gada Khordha last night. Krushna Palta Singh along with his two sons Bikram Palta Singh and Sanjay Palta Singh of Malipada were killed after […]

Rayagada: As many as 10 passengers sustained injuries after a bus in which they were traveling overturned at Mukundpur ghat in Rayagada district late last night. As per reports, seven…