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2 killed, 30 injured as tourist bus falls into gorge in Gujarat's Dang

A tourist bus overturned and fell into a gorge near Saputara hill station in the Dang district of Gujarat on Saturday night, killing two persons and injuring at least 30 others, police said

Tesla leads automakers in self-driving vehicle crashes: US regulator

Of the 392 such crashes reported by a dozen automakers since July, six deaths were reported and five serious injuries

7 soldiers killed as vehicle falls into river in Tuktuk sector in Ladakh

Seven soldiers were killed and several others injured when a vehicle carrying them skidded off the road and fell into the Shyok river in Ladakh on Friday, Army officials said. The accident took place in the Tuktuk sector at around 9 am at a place which is around 25 kilometres from Thoise in the Nubra region of Leh district, they said. A party of 26 soldiers was moving in the vehicle from Partapur transit camp to a forward location in sub-sector Hanif, the officials said. The vehicle skidded off the road and fell into the river, resulting in injuries to all of them, they said. A rescue operation was carried out swiftly and all the soldiers were evacuated to field hospital in Partapur, the officials said. "Seven individuals have been declared fatal so far. There are grievous injuries to others as well. Dedicated efforts are underway to ensure that the best medical care is provided to the injured, including requisition of air effort from the Air Force to shift the more serious casual

SC sentences Navjot Sidhu to one year imprisonment in 1988 road rage case

In its 2018 verdict, the apex court had reduced the sentence of Sidhu from three years imprisonment to Rs 1,000 fine.

More lives are lost in road accidents than in war: MoS Gen VK Singh

India loses more people in road accidents than in a war, Union Minister General (retd) V K Singh said on Friday. Addressing an event organised by industry body Assocham, Singh said road safety is the most important issue which the government needs to tackle. "More than 1.35 lakh people lose their lives due to road accidents every year...this number of people whom we lose every year (due to road accidents), is worse than fighting a war," the Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways said. The minister lamented that unfortunately, road safety is considered something that comes once a year. "We have road safety week. We upgraded it to road safety month," he said, adding his view is that it should be a 365-day affair. "It's not confined to one week, it is not confined to a month because there is so much at stake," Singh emphasised. According to recent government data, total 3,66,138 road accidents occurred in India during 2020, causing 1,31,714 deaths.

Modi condoles loss of 14 lives in Mathura accident, Indore fire tragedy

Seven people died and two were injured in a car accident on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura on Saturday morning

2 killed, 10 injured in autorickshaw-car collision in UP's Hardoi

Two minor brothers were killed and at least 10 other people injured after an autorickshaw collided with a speeding car, police said.

Road accident triggers communal clash in Gujarat's Vadodara, 19 held

Police have arrested 19 people so far for rioting after the incident occurred late Sunday night

Son of UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya injured in road mishap in Jalaun

Jalaun Superintendent of Police said the deputy CM's son, along with his three companions, was travelling in an SUV and it collided with a tractor coming from the opposite direction on the highway

5 killed, 10 injured as minivan hits unidentified vehicle in Gujarat

Five people were killed and 10 others injured after a minivan hit an unidentified vehicle near Dholka town in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district, police said on Sunday. The accident took place on a state highway late Saturday night when the van passengers were going from Vadodara to offer prayers at a temple in Botad district, an official from Dholka town police station said. "The speeding minivan hit the other vehicle from behind. Five van occupants died on the spot. Ten other van passengers were taken to a hospital where they are undergoing treatment," the official said. The deceased included three women and two men. The van driver was among those killed in the accident, the official said, adding that the police were yet to identify the vehicle which was hit by the van. The victims were in the age group of 27 to 48 years, the police said.

5 killed in Haryana, 10 injured as bus rams into stationary vehicle

Five people were killed and 10 injured when a private bus they were travelling rammed into a stationary bus on the Chandigarh-Delhi national highway early Monday in Ambala in Haryana.

116,000 accidents, about 48,000 deaths on national highways in 2020: Govt

A total of 116,496 road accidents occurred on national highways, including expressways, in 2020, causing 47,984 deaths, Parliament was informed

4 killed, 10 injured in serial road accident on highway in Karnataka

Four people died on the spot and 10 others suffered severe injuries in a serial accident that took place on National Highway - 4 near Alur Cross in Chitradurga district

At least 18 dead, 25 others injured in bus accident in southern Ecuador

At least 18 people were killed and 25 others injured in a passenger bus accident in the Sucua canton of the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago in southern Ecuador

53 migrants dead, 54 injured after cargo truck crashes in south Mexico

A cargo truck jammed with people rolled over and crashed into a pedestrian bridge over on a highway in southern Mexico on Thursday, killing at least 49

18 killed after a pick-up van rams stationary truck in Bengal's Nadia

Eighteen people were killed during a funeral procession after a pick-up van carrying the bier rammed into a stationary truck in West Bengal's Nadia district

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee expresses grief over Nadia road mishap

At least 18 people were killed and 5 others injured in a road accident in West Bengal's Phulbari area of Nadia district

Four killed as truck overturns in West Bengal's Siliguri area

A truck laden with boulders overturned in West Bengal's Siliguri area on Thursday evening, killing four people and injuring at least three others, police sources said. A fire brigade team, on learning about the accident, rushed to Jaleshwari bazaar in Siliguri and used a crane to move the toppled truck, under which several pedestrians lay trapped, the sources said. Seven people were rescued from the spot and rushed to two local hospitals in critical condition. Two persons were declared "brought dead" at Siliguri District Hospital, while two others succumbed to their injuries at North Bengal Medical College & Hospital, the police sources said. Identities of the deceased and injured were yet to be determined. According to the sources, the truck driver lost control of the vehicle, following which it overturned.

Twelve dead in bus-trolley collision in Rajasthan's Barmer

According to police, the injured were rushed to a government hospital, which referred 13 victims to Jodhpur hospital as their condition was critical

With single data source, India tends to underreport road crash deaths

India banks solely on the police force for this data, ignoring other critical sources