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  • Pakistan: 5 Killed, 6 Injured As Bus Collides With Van In Punjab | world news

    Islamabad: Five people were killed and six others injured in a road accident in Pakistan’s east Punjab province on Tuesday, police said. The incident happened at the motorway near the provincial capital city of Lahore where a passenger bus collided with a van, Syed Imran, a spokesperson for motorway police told Xinhua news agency.

    According to preliminary investigations, the bus driver fell asleep at the wheel, causing his vehicle to rear-end the van, he said as reported by Xinhua news agency. While the bus sustained minimal damage, all the casualties were from the van, he added.

    Three people died right at the spot, while eight were rushed to a nearby hospital, where two more succumbed to their injuries, and one remained in critical condition, the police spokesperson said.

    Road accidents in Pakistan are an alarming issue, with a significant increase in both frequency and severity over the years.

    Multiple factors, including reckless driving, poor road conditions, and a lack of proper vehicle maintenance, contribute to the high accident rate.

  • MP: 9 Killed, 20 Injured In Bus-Truck Collision In Maihara |

    Madhya Pradesh News: At least nine people were killed and 20 others sustained injuries following a collision between a bus and a truck in Madhya Pradesh’s Maihar district. 

    Police said that the bus was headed for Nagpur from Prayagraj when it collided with the parked stone-laden dumper truck around 11 PM on Saturday near the Nadan Dehat police station, about 25 kilometres from the district headquarters.

    Speaking to news agency PTI, Superintendent of Police, Maihar, Sudhir Agrawal said that among those injured, the condition of six people was stated to be serious, and they were referred to Satna. He said the rest are undergoing treatment in Maihar and Amarpatan hospitals.

    VIDEO | Madhya Pradesh: Rescue operation underway as dozens were injured after a bus collided with a parked truck in Maihar. More details awaited.

    (Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/n147TvqRQz) pic.twitter.com/ugSX5z3q7d
    — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 28, 2024

    Agrawal said senior officials reached the spot soon after getting information about the accident and launched a rescue operation. Further details are awaited.

    Meanwhile, in another incident that occurred in Gujarat, seven persons, including four children, died and 14 suffered injuries after a bus jumped the road divider and hit three vehicles near Dwarka on Saturday evening, police said.

    According to PTI, the accident took place around 7:45 pm on National Highway 51 when the bus was heading from Dwarka to Ahmedabad.

    It jumped the divider as its driver tried to avoid hitting cattle on the road and collided with a minivan, a car, and a motorcycle coming from the opposite direction, said a local police official. Of the deceased, six persons were travelling in the minivan while one was a bus passenger, said police inspector D H Bhatt.

    (With PTI Inputs) 

  • 7 Killed As Car Collided Into Trailer Truck In Gujarat’s Sabarkantha |

    Gujarat: Seven people lost their lives, and one was critically injured when a speeding car collided with a trailer truck near Himatnagar in Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district early Wednesday morning, according to police reports.

    VIDEO | Gujarat: At least seven people were killed in a car-trailer collision in Himmatnagar earlier today. More details are awaited.

    (Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/n147TvqRQz) pic.twitter.com/AHFD24fJl2


    — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 25, 2024

     

    #WATCH | Sabarkantha, Gujarat | A car collided with a heavy vehicle in Himmatnagar. The police and fire department present at the spot. Injuries and casualties feared. More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/kHGz5tkl30
    — ANI (@ANI) September 25, 2024

    The car, en route from Shamlaji to Ahmedabad, struck the trailer from behind on a national highway, Himatnagar police confirmed. Superintendent of Police Vijay Patel stated that all seven car passengers were killed in the crash.

    (This is a developing story)

  • Video: 10 Dead As Two Military Choppers Collide Mid-air In Malaysia

    A tragic incident occurred as two Malaysian military helicopters collided mid-air during a training session, resulting in the loss of ten lives.

  • Unnao: A faculty bus collided with the dying of a woman scholar who was once going to take the examination, there was once numerous uproar in Unnao, a case was once registered

    Unnao: A faculty bus hit a woman scholar who was once on her method to take the examination in Unnao district of UP, because of which she has died. Listening to the inside track of the dying of the scholar, the scholars created a ruckus. On receiving the ideas, the police reached the spot, took the lifeless frame in ownership and despatched it to the PM. At the grievance of the members of the family, the police have registered a case and are searching for the bus motive force.

    Consistent with data, Shivani Yadav, a scholar of DVDT Inter Faculty, was once going to look for the exam via bicycle. When she reached close to Gayatri Mandir, the EVM college bus coming from in the back of hit her. As quickly because the collision came about, Shivani fell from the cycle and suffered a significant head harm. With the assistance of school pals and native other folks, Shivani was once rushed to the district health facility the place medical doctors declared her introduced lifeless.

    On arrival of the CO and SDM, the anger of the scholars calmed down after listening to the inside track of the dying of the scholar. CO Town Ashutosh Kumar instructed {that a} lady scholar was once going to take the examination, at the manner a college bus hit her, because of which she died. CO Town mentioned that the bus has been taken into custody and arrangements are being made to document a case in opposition to the members of the family. Allow us to inform you right here that dozens of faculty buses ply on a regular basis from the street on which this incident came about. There may be visitors jam each day on the time of faculty opening and shutting. Since the manner in which the buses trip, are alleyways. From right here a floor can’t go two buses. But this procedure has been occurring ceaselessly for years.
    Document – Manish Kumar Singh