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May 8th, 2007
Lucknow: In a major accident infront of the police lines near IT crossing, a mini-truck and a car collided leading to the death of two men and injuries to three others. One of the six injured succumbed to his injuries later in the Trauma Centre. The accident took place in the wee hours of Monday.
A mini truck (UP32 Z 5141) collided with a Maruti Esteem car (UP32 AH 9366) at Gate no 4 of Police Lines early on Monday morning.
Two of the passengers in the car, Anil, 40 years, and Jitendra, 42 years, died on the spot. Anil was a resident of Bazarkhala while Jitendra lived in Asharfabad, Chowk.
Kanhaiyalal alias Neeraj Gupta, Ashish, Rajesh, son of Anil, Rajesh, son of Mangal, Jagdish and Anoop alias Munna were injured in the accident. They were rushed to the Trauma Centre. However, Anoop alias Munna, aged 25 years, died in the Trauma Centre later during treatment.
Source: TOI(Lucknow-epaper)
April 2nd, 2007
Cuttack: In a tragic incident, four persons died and nine were seriously injured when their car collided head-on with a truck on the NH No-5 at Bhanpur within Cuttack Sadar police limits early on Sunday.
According to reports, about 12 people comprising employees of Central Cooperative Bank in Keonjhar district were going to Puri from Telkoi in a Mahindra Maxx vehicle when it hit a truck. The truck was carrying supplies for BSNL.
Two persons including a waoman died on the spot while two others succumbed at the SCB Medical here. The dead include bank cashier Bijay Singhdeo, Patarani Sahoo, peon Sudarshan Khillar and the driver.
The rest nine who include one woman and four children have been admitted to the hospital and their condition is stated to be critical.
The accident is attributed to the Maxx driver�s loss of control and ramming into the truck. The ongoing road repair work is also cited as a cause. As the National Highway Authority of India is carrying out repair on the four-lane road, the two-lane section going towards Bhubaneswar have been closed down.
As a result, just beyond the Gopalpur toll gate, the up section serves as two way till a distance. The accident occured right on the two way section.
The driver of the truck has been arrested and the vehicle seized.
Source: Newindpress.com
March 16th, 2007
Pune: Three members of a Mumbai family were killed in a mishap in the Kamshet tunnel on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway when their Maruti Alto crashed against the tunnel wall late Wednesday night.
The deceased were identified as Yash Suhas Kulkarni (19) of Prathmesh Park, Andheri (west), his mother Kalpana (47) and father Suhas (55). According to the Wadgaon-Maval police, Yash and Kalpana died on the spot while Suhas died under medical attention at a Chinchwad hospital during the wee hours of Thursday.
Police said the trio was heading left Mumbai around 11 pm and Yash was driving the car. The car was moving at a high speed and as soon as it entered the Kamshet tunnel number 2, it smashed against the tunnel wall.
Yash was a college student, Suhas, an architect and Kalpana, a school teacher. The three were heading to the Pune residence of Suhas’s brother to attend a function.
Source: TOI(Mumbai-epaper)
March 16th, 2007
Pune: Three members of a Mumbai family were killed in a mishap in the Kamshet tunnel on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway when their Maruti Alto crashed against the tunnel wall late Wednesday night.
The deceased were identified as Yash Suhas Kulkarni (19) of Prathmesh Park, Andheri (west), his mother Kalpana (47) and father Suhas (55). According to the Wadgaon-Maval police, Yash and Kalpana died on the spot while Suhas died under medical attention at a Chinchwad hospital during the wee hours of Thursday.
Police said the trio was heading left Mumbai around 11 pm and Yash was driving the car. The car was moving at a high speed and as soon as it entered the Kamshet tunnel number 2, it smashed against the tunnel wall.
Yash was a college student, Suhas, an architect and Kalpana, a school teacher. The three were heading to the Pune residence of Suhas’s brother to attend a function.
Source: TOI(Mumbai-epaper)
March 13th, 2007
The bus was carrying wedding guests when the accident happened in the hill state of Uttarakhand.
A police official said the bus plunged into a ravine when the road caved in after landslides in the area.
Road accidents claim hundreds of lives every year in India. Most of the accidents are blamed on reckless driving, old vehicles and poor roads.
Senior police official VP Singh told the Press Trust of India news agency the driver had parked the vehicle on a road after heavy rain in the area had triggered landslides.
But a part of the road suddenly gave way and the bus fell about 60ft (180m) into a ravine.
It was not clear whether the bride and the groom were among the dead.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
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