Ahorrific video showing a billboard falling on two motorcyclists on a road has gone viral on social media with the claim that the incident took place at Mehdipatnam flyover in Hyderabad. The video shows vehicles plying on a road amid the rain when suddenly a huge hoarding collapsed on the road, hitting two motorcyclists. social […]
Road Safety
21-Year-old Woman Killed in Road Accident
PILIBHIT: A 21-year-old woman identified as Naseema Khan of Gola city under Gola police station in district Kheri was mowed down by an anonymous vehicle near Mala river bridge on Pilibhit-Basti national highway under Gajraula police station in Pilibhit on Tuesday night. She breathed her last at 9pm in the district government hospital shortly after she was shifted there. Police have sent the […]
Man, Woman Die in Two Separate Road Accidents
Ludhiana: Two separate road accidents claimed the lives of two, a man and a woman, in the city on Saturday evening. In the first case, a 65-year-old Surjit Singh of Jamalpur died in a road mishap at Vardhman Chowk on Saturday evening. Surjit was returning home on his scooter from work when the incident occurred. […]
Andhra Pradesh: Three Killed in Road Accident in Srikakulam District
VISAKHAPATNAM: In a tragic incident on Sunday morning, three persons died and three others were injured in a road accident near Jalantrakota village under Kanchili Mandal in Srikakulam district. The deceased and the injured persons were coming from Kharagpur in West Bengal to attend the cremation of a relative, who died in the devastating crane accident at the Hindustan Shipyard Limited in Visakhapatnam on […]
Six Die in Three Separate Road Accidents in Bareilly Region in 24 Hours
Shahjahanpur: Three road accidents involving bikers claimed six lives in Bareilly in the past 24 hours. In the first accident, three people, including a man and his daughter, were killed after a speeding vehicle hit their bike in Bisauli area of Budaun on Thursday. In the second accident that happened late in the evening on […]
Two Youths Killed in Road Accident
Coimbatore: Two motorcycle-borne youths were killed in a road accident on the Kangeyam Main Road near Bavani Nagar in Tirupur on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as S Kareen, 19, a resident of Periya Thottam and K Karanraj, 19, of Kunnangal Kadu. The two-wheeler crashed into a vehicle deployed by the city corporation to […]
Surat Bizman Among 3 Killed in Road Accident
Rajkot: Surat businessman was among three persons killed when an SUV rammed into a truck from behind near Chirai village about 15km from Morbi town on Wednesday afternoon. Three others injured in the accident were rushed to Morbi civil hospital for treatment. The deceased were identified as Rajendra Bachav (42) who has an export-import business […]
Road Fatalities in Assam are on Declining Trend
Road fatalities in Assam are on declining trend. Road accident fatalities has seen a decline of 8 percent during January to March, 2020 as compared to the same period of 2019 Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary virtually chaired the meeting of State Road Safety Council with all the stakeholders and other departments today. The Minister directed them to take steps […]
IndiGo pilot killed in car crash near Hyderabad airport
A pilot with IndiGo airlines was killed and the driver seriously injured when the car they were travelling in rammed a ‘slow-moving’ container truck on the Nehru Outer Ring Road at Himayat Sagar here in the early hours of August 3. Rajender Nagar police of Cyberabad Commissionerate, who rushed to the crash scene said that […]
Punjab Raises Road Safety Bar, Sets up Taskforce to Control Accidents
In probably the first of its kind initiative in the country, the Punjab government has institutionalised road safety by designating a chief engineer at the state level and executive engineers in all the 22 districts. These officials will ensure road safety, which till now was without any accountability. As many as 4,507 people lost their […]