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Shimla, March 28 Road accidents have claimed 2,643 lives in Himachal Pradesh in the past three years, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu informed the Assembly on Saturday.In a written reply to a question from MLA Bhuvneshwar Gaur, the chief minister said that 9,999 people were injured in...

Gurugram, March 28 A speeding Thar jeep hit two boys and their grandfather in the Khod village of Pataudi, police said on Saturday.Eight-year-old Zayed Khan and ten-year-old Ishant died on the spot, while their maternal grandfather, 53-year-old Subhash, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital...

Bhubaneswar, March 28 At least five people were killed and 30 others injured when a tourist bus overturned in Odisha's Nayagarh district in the early hours of Saturday, police said.The accident occurred around 2 am when the bus, carrying 55 passengers, overturned on the Hanuman Ghati road at...

Chandigarh, March 27 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Friday that 480,000 electronic fines were issued in the past year for speeding vehicles on National Highway 44 from Kundli in Sonipat to Shambhu in Ambala. He said the government has installed 128 advanced cameras on the...

New Delhi, March 26 Police will investigate the conduct of the bus driver, who was operating the speeding tourist bus that overturned while taking a sharp turn in Karol Bagh here, by recording the statements of injured passengers, an official said on Thursday.Two people were killed and 23...

Thane, March 26 A 42-year-old businessman was killed after a speeding car, allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy, hit his bicycle in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.The boy fled the scene after the incident, which occurred on an unfinished section of the Kalyan Ring Road...

New Delhi, March 25 The owner of the Jaipur-Delhi sleeper bus that overturned in central Delhi on Wednesday evening claimed the driver swerved the vehicle to avoid a speeding auto-rickshaw and motorcycle, leading to the accident.Ajai Chaudhary, the owner of Shakti Bus, said the driver -- who...

Bengaluru, March 23 The Bengaluru Traffic Police have registered 634 cases of drunk driving and collected Rs 1.29 lakh in fines from offenders caught for speeding violations during a week-long special drive held across the city, officials said on Monday.The drive was held from March 16 to 22...

Bihar Sharif, March 19 Two engineering students were killed and three were injured when their speeding car fell into a roadside ditch in Nalanda district, Bihar, on Thursday, police said.The incident occurred near Gaudhapur More, under the Chandi police station area of Nalanda district.The...

Jetpur (Gujarat), March 15 The thrill of speed and obsession with social media popularity turned fatal when a sedan driven by a 20-year-old man, allegedly at a speed of 150 km/hour, crashed into the wall of a farmhouse in the Rajkot district, killing him and another occupant.The incident...

Chatra (Jharkhand), March 13 – Traffic came to a standstill for over 16 hours in the Chatra district of Jharkhand after angry villagers blocked the highway, demanding compensation and action against those responsible for a tragic accident that claimed the lives of four teenage boys.The...

Bengaluru, March 8 Three men were killed after their car collided with the rear of a moving truck near here early Sunday morning, police said.The three deceased are in the 22-23 age group, while another person in the car sustained serious injuries and is being treated at a hospital.Police...

Etah (UP), March 4 A man and his seven-year-old son were killed on Wednesday after their motorcycle fell into a canal in the Bagwala Police Station area here, police said.The accident occurred around 3 am on the Etah-Ganjdundwara road near a canal, they said.Circle Officer (City) Kartika...

Beed, March 2 A 22-year-old man died and three others were injured after their speeding car overturned and crashed into the protective wall of a well in Beed district, Maharashtra, in the early hours of Monday, police said.The accident occurred near Nagaryachiwadi in Shirur Kasar taluka, while...

Noida (UP), February 24 A 50-year-old construction businessman was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly crashing his speeding SUV into an e-rickshaw in Sector 49 here, injuring four people.Pinky Chauhan, a resident of Sector 45, was taken into custody following the accident on Monday.According...

Gurugram, February 21 A speeding Mercedes car overturned on Old Railway Road after hitting a barrier, police said on Saturday.A Delhi resident who was driving the car said he lost control while trying to avoid hitting someone, they said.The car was badly damaged, but the driver only...

New Delhi, February 19 The Delhi Traffic Police have registered 182 FIRs against violators for driving on the wrong side from January 3 to February 9, with the New Delhi Range recording the highest number of cases, according to official data.In Delhi, driving on the wrong side of the road is...

Raebareli (UP), February 18 A father and son were among three people killed after a speeding car crashed into a tree and overturned here on Wednesday morning, police said.Two other occupants of the car sustained serious injuries in the accident, which occurred near Gopalpur on the...

New Delhi, February 9 Speed, privilege, and unaccountability. The Kanpur Lamborghini crash, involving the son of a tobacco businessman, that left at least six injured, has sparked outrage over perceived elite impunity and once again drawn attention to a series of high-profile crashes involving...