One killed in road mishap

RANCHI: Reema Mahali (25), died in a road accident near Birsa Chowk on Wednesday. Reema, an employee of the Secretariat was riding her new two-wheeler when a city bus hit her from behind and her head came under the wheel of the bus. Fazal Ahmed, inspector-in-charge of Doranda police station, said, "The accident was fatal and the victim died on the spot. Postmortem has been conducted at RIMS."

The bus driver is absconding. "We have seized the bus, but the driver managed to flee from the spot. We will be contacting the company, which is looking after the maintenance and plying of city buses for the details of the driver," assured Ahmed.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/One-killed-in-road-mishap/articleshow/18266359.cms

21 killed in Patan road accident

PALANPUR: At least 21 people, including eight children and eight women, died when their mini bus collided with a state transport bus near Jilwana Patia near Sami in Patan district on Wednesday night. All the victims were from Gilasan village of Mehsana district and had gone to Sami for a religious function.

Patan deputy superintendent of police G C Patel told TOI that the mini bus driver lost control after one of its tyres burst and collided with the bus coming from the opposite direction. The ST bus was going from Radhanpur to Harij, while the mini bus was going to Mehsana from Sami.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/21-killed-in-Patan-road-accident/articleshow/18266660.cms

Two killed in separate road accidents

MUMBAI: The Deonar police have registered two separate cases of road accidents that happened on Monday killing two, including a minor boy.

Police said that in the two hit-and-run cases the unidentified vehicles managed to sped away without giving medical assistance to the two victims that cost them their lives.

In the first incident, the 55-year-old deceased, yet to be identified, was killed while walking on the Ghatkopar Mankhurd Link Road ( GMLR) when a speeding dumper lost its control and hit the victim around 340pm. In the second incident, the boy identified as Allahuddin Sawat (16) was walking on the same road, when he was crushed to death by a speeding trailer while he was crossing around 6.30 pm, said the police.

Police said that the unidentified elderly man, found profusely bleeding, was rushed to a nearby civic-run Rajawadi hospital, where he was declared brought dead. "The driver left the vehicle and ran away from the spot," said Deonar police senior inspector Prahlad Panaskar.

The officer said the speeding trailer sped away with his vehicle after crushing Sawat. His body was sent to Sion hospital for post mortem.

Police are on lookout for the two unidentified heavy motorists.

Two die in Meghalaya bus accident

Shillong: Two people were killed and 27 injured when a bus fell into a gorge in Meghalaya early Monday, police said.

The Guwahati-bound bus rolled down the gorge in the Mawblei area of East Khasi Hills district.

"Two people were killed in the accident," a police official said.

"The rescue operations are over and an investigation has begun to ascertain the cause of the accident," the official added.

Source: http://zeenews.india.com/news/north-east/two-die-in-meghalaya-bus-accident_825384.html

16 killed as jeep falls into gorge in U'khand

Uttarkashi: Sixteen people were killed when the jeep they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a gorge near Sankri in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district.

The vehicle slipped off the Mori-Jakholi road, which had become slippery after snowfall and fell into a deep gorge killing six of its occupants on the spot, Purola sub-divisional magistrate Rajkumar Pandey said.

The injured, who were admitted at a nearby hospital, later succumbed to their injuries during the treatment, Pandey added.

Two foreign nationals die in road accident in Rajasthan

BIKANER: Two foreign nationals were killed in a road accident near Deshnok village of the district when the car in which they were traveling collided head on with a bus coming from opposite direction.

Deshnok Police Station SHO Jitendra Swami told TOI that the tourist couple from the Netherlands was returning to Bikaner after performing a darshan at Karni Mata Temple at Deshnok. "Just three kilometers away from the temple towards Bikaner, their car bearing number DL-1C-0871 collided with a bus coming from Bikaner. The collision was so severe that the car got totally damaged and the couple sustained serious injuries. A police team rushed to the spot and sent the tourist couple to PBM Hospital at Bikaner. During treatment, both of them died," police said. The condition of Vinod, the driver of the car, is still critical and he is under treatment.

The deceased were identified as Dong Segari (27) and Alisa (25) of the Netherlands. The bodies were kept in the mortuary of PBM Hospital. The police have also intimated the Netherlands embassy about the accident. The bus has been seized and registered a case u/s 279,337 & 304 A of IPC against the driver of the bus, who managed to flee from the scene.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Two-foreign-nationals-die-in-road-accident-in-Rajasthan/articleshow/18214279.cms

Hotelier crushes man to death at Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg

 JAIPUR: In a case of rash driving, a 24-year-old man engaged in speed check work for the Jaipur Marathon was crushed to death early on Sunday after being hit by an Audi on the Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg near Clarks Amber hotel.

Police suspected that the driver of the Audi, who owns a heritage property on MD road, was in an inebriated state. He was arrested and released on bail, after almost seven hours of custody. "Prima facie he appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. Thus, we had also sent him for medical examination," a police official said.

According to the cops, the accident took place at 5.30am on Sunday when the Audi vehicle hit an Innova taking a U-turn on JLN Marg. While the driver of the Innova immediately fled the scene, the drive of the luxury sedan lost control over and hit the youth sitting on the corner of the road.

"The accused, identified as Trivikram Singh, was coming from airport. Onlookers told us that the collision was so nasty that the youth got trapped under the wheels and was dragged for almost 100 metres," said Badri Lal Rao, circle inspector.

The seriously injured youth was rushed to the Sawai Man Singh (SMS) hospital where he succumbed due to multiple injuries. Police have ordered a post mortem of the youth who hails from a village in Alwar.

Soon after the accident, the Chetak vehicle parked nearby reached the spot and arrested the accused. "He remained in custody for almost 7 hours. A case under section 304-A (causing death due to negligence) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was also been lodged against him," he added.

This is the second such incident when a person standing on the road has died in an accident in the last few days. Senior IAS officer V S Singh was killed in a road accident in Jaipur in December. Similarly, On December 15, 2008, Vijit Singh, 45-year-old grandson of late Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II was arrested, allegedly in a case of hit-and-run, in which a girl student from Kota, Babita Choudhary, was killed and three others were injured.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Hotelier-crushes-man-to-death-at-Jawahar-Lal-Nehru-Marg/articleshow/18214381.cms

Punjab Engineering College varsity campus goes vehicle free from today

CHANDIGARH: From Monday, Punjab Engineering College will have saner roads. Three roads are being made vehicle free under phase 1 of the faculty and students' traffic and parking management campaign. Temporary parking areas, one for two-wheelers and the other for cars will also be earmarked to ensure that traffic is not held up by movement of two-wheelers and cars on the same routes.

Work has been divided into three phases. In phase one, which begins on Monday, vehicle control measures will be imposed and parking spaces will be specified for two and four wheelers. Around 40 students of the deemed university, 10 faculty members and 60 maintenance, security and workshop staff have pitched in to come up with the plan to manage parking and traffic. The campaign comes in the aftermath of a fatal accident that took place on the campus last semester.

Ujjwal Kango, a student of the mechanical engineering wing said, "The death of a student recently prompted us to do things to manage the parking and traffic in the campus. With the support of the faculty and maintenance staff, we are going to launch the new system."

The parking spaces will be made permanent in the second and third phase. This will be done by paving areas, providing round the clock security, making proper lighting arrangements and introducing the token system.

"The measures will be implemented gradually without putting students, staff and faculty members to inconvenience. Progress will be closely monitored in the first week for a smooth transition from the existing system to the new one. Students and faculty members will act as facilitators," PEC director Manoj Datta said.

Meanwhile, temporary parking spaces have been created for students. Parking for two-wheelers of students is along the outer boundary wall of the institute between gate numbers 1 and 2. For the purpose, all two-wheelers of students will move in and out of campus through gate number 1 only. Parking for four-wheelers of students is in the area next to the basketball court near the rail engine. All four-wheelers of students will move in and out of campus through gate number 3 only.

To begin with, parking will be free, there will be no tokens. Two security guards will help ensure orderly parking of vehicles. The token system is likely to start in Phase-2.

A drop off and pick up point has been designated near Gate No 2 on the main road for students who are dropped and picked up by parents and guardians.

Students have been apprised about this through the information circular issued before the date of implementation.

Information Posted
Proper signboards and other relevant information have been put up at strategic locations to prevent confusion and inconvenience to faculty members, staff, students and visitors. Information circulars have also been issued to stake holders before the date of implementation

Action Against Defaulters
The first time, defaulting students will be given a written warning. Second-time defaulters will be fined Rs 500. Vehicles of students who default for the third time will be towed away and released against a written warning and, or fine.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Punjab-Engineering-College-varsity-campus-goes-vehicle-free-from-today/articleshow/18215467.cms

Four Chennai tourists die as Kerala houseboat sinks

ALAPPUZHA: Four people perished in the Punnamada Lake on Saturday casting a shadow on the safety protocols governing the houseboat industry, Kerala tourism's main draw.

The deceased - Sudheshini (26), her daughter Elakkya (5), Rohini (37) and her daughter Susmitha (12) - were part of a 60-member team comprising staff and family members of `Hearing Aids Centre', Nungampakkam, Chennai, who had been in Alappuzha to enjoy the weekend. Eight others were also injured in the accident that took place at the Kayal Kurissadi Boat Jetty.

The accident occurred when a one-bed houseboat All Season - which was used by the tour party to board Lily Darling, the boat they had booked - overturned trapping 12 people inside its lounge area. Timely intervention of crew of other boats and local people saved lives of others while Sudheshini, Rohini and their children weren't so lucky.

The boat lost balance when the entire group moved to the same side. "Everything happened so fast. Though we could launch rescue efforts within minutes, bringing boats alongside to ferry the injured to hospitals was a daunting task given the poor infrastructure at the jetty," the driver of another boat told TOI.

The accident has once again exposed serious issues plaguing the houseboat industry which witnessed 10 deaths in the past six months. There were five incidents when fire broke out on the boat - twice while cruising, and five incidents where boats capsized. Sources said the district witnessed about 50 major and minor incidents in the past two years.

In comparison with previous mishaps, Saturday's was a freak one stemming from carelessness of the boat operator. It also pointed to poor boarding facilities in Alappuzha district where more than 1,000 houseboats ply every day.

In spite of tall promises, the district is yet to get a full-fledged facility where tourists can board and disembark from houseboats without difficulty. Though many floating jetties were launched in recent years, very few of them are afloat today.

District collector P Venugopal said the additional district magistrate will probe the incident. The bodies were taken to Chennai by road after post-mortem and other formalities.

Except for Nitha (42), one among the injured, the rest of the team proceeded to Chennai in a bus. A team of doctors is also accompanying the injured.

The accident also rattled the state government with chief minister Oommen Chandy deciding to hold a meeting of all stakeholders at Alappuzha collectorate on February 1. A decision on solatium to the dead would be decided in the next cabinet meeting.

The state government also sanctioned Rs 10 crore for renovation of the houseboat terminal in Punnamada Lake, tourism minister A P Anil Kumar said.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Four-Chennai-tourists-die-as-Kerala-houseboat-sinks/articleshow/18201709.cms

Two killed, 1 hurt in Bokaro mishaps

BOKARO: Two persons were killed while one was injured in three road accidents in the district in the past 24 hours.

The first accident took place at Putkadih village in Petarwar area in which Phulchand Singh, a CCL employee, was killed. Singh, a resident of Kathara, was going home on his motorbike when a four-wheeler from opposite direction hit his vehicle. The locals rushed him to the hospital where doctors declared him brought death, said police.

A 20-year-old youth was killed when a bus hit his motorbike at Urkid Moad here on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Ashwini Kumar Das, a resident of Sector-IV. His father is a BSL employee. Das was returning home from Siwandih area around 5.30pm. The bus was coming from opposite side and going to Aurangabad (Bihar).

Sunday witnessed another road accident between Jainamoad and Petarwar area. Victim Chandan Kumar has been badly injured in the accident. Kumar, a resident of Chandankyari block, was returning from Ranchi when his car lost balance and hit the tree. He got trapped inside the car and the local residents pulled him out of the car. Bokaro SP Kuldeep Dwivedi said FIRs were lodged with the police stations concerned.

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Two-killed-1-hurt-in-Bokaro-mishaps/articleshow/18217716.cms

Car seized after accident in Vastrapur

AHMEDABAD: A team of Vastrapur police officials seized a car after it rammed into a parked car near Pakwan crossroads. Police have started search for the car owner on the basis of its number plate.

According to police, Pratik Patel, 21, a resident of Shakamba Bungalows, Motera, had parked his car near Pakwan crossroads. At 2.30 am, a car came from the direction of SG Highway in speed and hit Patel's car, breaking its bumper and damaging the back portion. By the time Patel and his friends got out to see what had happened, the driver who was walking unsteadily abandoned his vehicle, sat in another car and zoomed off from the spot.

"We have seized the white Toyota Etios car having Congress president and Rajiv Gandhi Youth Brigade emblazoned on it. We have sent the registration number to RTO to get the details of the car owner," said a Vastrapur police official, adding that they suspect the accused car driver to be drunk.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Car-seized-after-accident-in-Vastrapur/articleshow/18132996.cms

Siblings in Powai bike accident rode without licence

MUMBAI: The brother-sister duo, killed on the Powai flyover when a car brushed past their bike , was driving without a valid licence.

Ashwin Pawar (23) and his sister Varsha were on the Rambaugh flyover, about 50meters from the Powai police station, when the incident occurred.

"Ashwin may have lost control over the bike after a motorist brushed past his vehicle. We didn't find a driving licence on him. The two were declared dead before we could admit them to Hiranandani hospital," said senior inspector Bajirao Bhosale.

The Pawars' uncle, Rajesh, insisted Ashwin had a licence. "It is strange that at the time of the accident he was without it. Police said it was possible the licence may have been lost or thrown away in the incident," he said.

Ashwin had gone to a Ghatkopar mall with Varsha. They were heading home around 6:30pm when the accident occurred.

The duo was thrown five feet to the left from the divider, and sustained severe head injuries. A case of rash driving and causing death by negligence has been registered against the motorist.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Siblings-in-Powai-bike-accident-rode-without-licence/articleshow/18159950.cms

Mumbai woman killed in accident

RAJKOT: A woman from Mumbai died in a road accident near Kuvadava GIDC on Thursday afternoon.

Police said the accident occurred after a truck hit the car in which the victim was travelling.

"Two persons have been injured and shifted to a private hospital in Rajkot. However, we are yet to ascertain the identity of the deceased woman from Mumbai," an investigating police official said.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/Mumbai-woman-killed-in-accident/articleshow/18178945.cms

3 including a woman die, 15 hurt in road accident

ALLAHABAD: Three persons including a woman were killed and 15 others sustained injuries when a mini-bus collided head on with a speeding truck near Meja road on Allahabad-Mirzapur road under Meja police station on Wednesday morning.

Deputy SP, Meja, Gyananjaya Singh said the negligence towards traffic rules and regulation was the prime reason behind the incident.

Deceased were identified as Laxmikant Shukla (55) and Dharmendra Singh (32), both residents of Koraon and Sunita Devi (30) resident of Manda.

While 15 others including Amresh Chandra, Ranjana Devi, Harsh (5) and Adarsh (3) were admitted to a city-based hospital for treatment.

Police said that the mini-bus carrying passengers was on its way to Allahabad when a speeding truck heading towards Koraon collided head on with it and resulted the death of three passengers. The bodies were sent for postmortem examination.

Police added that the condition of three injured was stated to be critical. Police also added that case has also been lodged with Meja police station regarding the incident.

Devotee killed in road accident: A 20-year-old devotee was killed and six others injured when an auto carrying them overturned near Mukti Marg under GT Jhunsi police station in Kumbh Mela area here on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Ajeet Kumar, a native of Bhagalpur in Bihar. The accident took place when the auto driver lost balance on the vehicle. Mela police suspect that head injury led to Ajeet's death. The body was later sent for postmortem. Reports said a group of devotees from Bhagalpur (Bihar) had come to Allahabad and were staying at a local ashram. They were heading to Sangam for holy dip when the accident occurred.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/3-including-a-woman-die-15-hurt-in-road-accident/articleshow/18159170.cms

Students go berserk over girl's death in accident

ALLAHABAD: Irked over the death of a BTech student in a road accident, hundreds of students on Thursday went berserk and damaged over two dozen vehicles. The incident took place in Dhoomanganj police circle. The deceased was identified as Nishtha Srivasatva, 19, a resident of Rajruppur.

A speeding bus hit the two-wheeler which Nishtha was riding. She died on the spot. On getting information about the accident, hundreds of students and locals assembled on the spot and started vandalising vehicles passing on the route. The irate mob ransacked the window panes of over two dozen vehicles and manhandled some commuters.

Police rushed to the spot and chased away the agitators. The students were demanding action against the errant bus driver. Sensing trouble, the police diverted the traffic coming from Kanpur. Nishtha's body was later sent for postmortem.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Students-go-berserk-over-girls-death-in-accident/articleshow/18180252.cms

Bihar: 2 killed, 22 hurt in bus accident in Gaya

Gaya (Bihar): Two passengers were killed and 22 others injured when a bus slammed into the dropgate of a revenue checkpost in heavy fog at Dobhi in Bihar's Gaya district on Wednesday.

Police sources had earlier said that 15 passengers were killed in the accident.

Deputy Inspector General of Police, Magadh Range, N H Khan told reporters that after rescuing the passengers it came to light that two were killed.

The DIG said that the roof of the bus came off under the impact of the accident.

SSP, Gaya, Vinay Kumar said the 22 injured passengers were admitted to the Patna Medical College and Hospital, Gaya, the Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College Hospital and the Primary Health Centre at Barachhati.

Angry over the accident, torched a vehicle, two motorcycles and pelted stones on policemen near the checkpost.

Sub Divisional Police Officer, Sherghati, Rajesh Kumar, said four persons were detained and the situation was under control.

The bus was going from Kalipahari to Rajrappa Temple in neighbouring Jharkhand's Ramgarh district when the accident occurred.

Gurgaon-Faridabad e-way still accident-prone, unsafe

GURGAON: Two years ago when the Gurgaon-Faridabad road was upgraded to an expressway, the residents of private posh colonies and Sikanderpur village on the road were hopeful about getting better infrastructure. But to date there are no streetlights and safety measures on the entire stretch, thus making it highly accident-prone and unsafe for commuters.

A local resident says, "The road, which has heavy traffic flow, remains completely dark throughout the night. Without traffic light and police checks, commuters also do not hesitate in driving on the wrong side of the road thus causing traffic hazard."

Despite the fact that there are several residential colonies on both sides of the road and over 10,000 people reside in the area, authorities are not paying any heed to their demands.

Raising the concern, Parimal Bardhan, president of H block residential community, says apart from heavy vehicular traffic, there is frequent pedestrian movement by schoolchildren and other people, who risk their lives every day. Even the intersection at the Qutab Plaza market, the major neighbourhood shopping place for hundreds of residents is without traffic light, he said and added that a large number of vehicles passing through the crossing makes it really dangerous for senior citizens and women to cross the road to the market.

Manoj Tripathi, a frequent commuter from the Gurgaon-Faridabad road, said after the removal of fencing from both the sides of the road by Reliance Infrastructure for expansion purposes, the residential areas have become insecure and the greenbelt is being misused by miscreants.

As a commuter, it is dangerous to travel on this road without streetlights and proper traffic management. Also, garbage is being dumped on both sides of the road due to lack of monitoring by authorities concerned.

The residents as well as the RWAs have repeatedly approached the senior officials of all authorities concerned, including PWD, HUDA and the MCG but to date no action has been taken. The authorities continue to play the blame game among themselves while Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, the concessionaire for this project, also did not respond to the residents' issues.

United India Insurance pays Rs 13 lakh compensation in road accident case

The family members of a man, who died in a road mishap due to rash driving of a tempo in which he was travelling, have been awarded a compensation of nearly Rs 13 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here.

The Tribunal directed the United India Insurance Company Ltd, with which the offending vehicle was insured, to pay Rs 12,96,100 to the wife, two children and the parents of victim Shailender Kumar Mehto.

"It is prima facie proved that deceased Mehto died due to injuries suffered in the accident caused due to rash and negligent driving of respondent number 1 (tempo driver)," MACT Presiding Officer Dinesh Bhatt said.

Mehto's family members told the court that the incident took place in January this year when the victim, along with others, was travelling by the tempo for immersing the idol of Goddess Saraswati in Yamuna river near Kashmere Gate.

They said tempo driver Birender Dass took a U-turn and due to his rash and negligent driving, the vehicle overturned resulting in fatal injuries to Mehto.

The victim was taken to hospital where he was declared brought dead.

Mehto, 31, was working in a club at Model Town here and was earning Rs 10,000 at the time of the accident.

The tempo driver and owner denied any negligence on their part and said a man had suddenly jumped in front of their vehicle and in an attempt to save his life, the driver applied emergency brakes due to which the victim dell down from the tempo and received grievous injuries.

Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/united-india-insurance-pays-rs-13-lakh-compensation-in-road-accident-case/1034881

1.42 lakh people killed in road accidents in 2011: Govt study

There was an accident in every minute in 2011 in the country that claimed the lives of 1.42 lakh people, according to a government study.

The number of accidents in the previous year was 4.97 lakh injuring 5.11 lakh people, according to a report released by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

The study attributed the high number of accidents, injuries and deaths to exposure to risk nature of traffic, lack of traffic separation, etc.

The 2011 numbers are, however, marginally lower than the 5.27 lakh accidents and 1.42 lakh deaths in 2010.

The Road Ministry has proposed new schemes for better traffic management during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), including training in driving, first aid.

In a meeting of National Road Monitoring Centre (NRSC) held earlier this year, certain measures to improve road safety were discussed.

These measures are setting up of State Road Safety Councils and District Committees, Road Safety Fund at State level and setting aside 50 per cent fines collected for traffic violations for this fund.

Strict action against drunken driving and removal of liquor shops on national highways was also one of the proposed measures.

The government would also work towards enforcement of use of seat belt, developing emergency medical services by having a 24X7 call centre, with a dedicated common telephone number, road accident crash investigation, etc.

Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/1.42-lakh-people-killed-in-road-accidents-in-2011-govt-study/978326

6 killed in road accident in Jhunjhunu

Six people were killed when an overloaded truck overturned on a jeep on outskirts of Khetri town in this district in the wee hours today. The jeep driver was trying to overtake a grit-laden truck, when the truck driver lost balance and his vehicle overturned over the jeep, police said. Six occupants of the jeep died on the spot and rescuers had worked hard to bring out the bodies from the debris, police added.

21 injured in road accidents in Bulgaria

Sofia. One person died, while twenty-one were injured in the road accidents registered on the territory of Bulgaria in the past twenty-four hours, the press office of the Bulgarian Interior Ministry announced.

Some fifteen heavy road accidents were registered countrywide.

Forty-three minor crashes occurred in the capital city Sofia. No casualties or injured people were reported

Ambulance hits truck, 5 die, patient survives

Krishnagar: Five persons accompanying a cardiac patient in an ambulance were killed when it collided with a truck in Nadia district. The patient, however, escaped unhurt. Police said a group of six people, including the driver, were taking Jagabandhu Mondal from Lalbagh in Murshidabad district to a Kolkata hospital. The ambulance collided head-on with a 10-wheeler truck on NH-34 at Kapileswar under Haringhata police station and fell into a roadside ditch. While three died on the spot, two others succumbed to their injuries at Kalyani JNM Hospital.Eyewitnesses said the ambulance was moving at a high speed. Driver Ashraf Sheikh (22) was among the dead.

Fake notes seized, one held

Jhargram: Police seized fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 25,000 from one person at Nachhipur village in West Midnapore district. Acting on a tip off, police arrested Ajit Kumar of Kotshila in Purulia district and seized the counterfeit notes.

Indica hits women employees crossing road near SEEPZ, 2 killed

A group of women commuters trying to cross Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road after alighting at the SEEPZ bus stop was hit by a Tata Indica at about 7 am Tuesday, killing two and injuring four.

The Aarey Milk Colony residents, police said, were going to SEEPZ village where they worked morning shift. They said the women were running across the road.

“They did not see the Indica (MH04 E 3091) approaching from behind as a bus blocked their view. The car was speeding and the driver lost control. Four women were flung to the right and two to the left. The car came to a halt after the hit and locals caught the driver. Two women were declared dead on arrival at Holy Spirit Hospital in Andheri (East), while four are undergoing treatment.”

The deceased have been identified as Sangeeta Vaman (18) of unit 19 and Rekha Vanade (22) of unit 22 in Aarey Colony. The injured are Sneha Wadekar (43), Anupriya Rajprit (21), Manju Prabhakaran (20) and Jayaragini Mani Prakash (19).

Five victims worked at an electronics company in SEEPZ, while one at a jewellery manufacturing unit. The Indica driver has been identified as Pravin Kanojia (25) of Dahisar.

“Kanojia was returning to the Larsen & Toubro (L&T) office in Powai after transporting two company employees, who he picked up from Yogi Nagar in Borivali (West), to the domestic airport in Santacruz,” said Pravin Patil, DCP (Zone XII).

Police said the driver was not under the influence of alcohol. He has been booked under IPC sections 279 (rash driving), 304A (death due to negligence), 338 (causing grievous hurt by an act endangering life or personal safety of others) and Motor Vehicles Act.

“L&T has given the pick-up and drop services contract to Bhagirathi Travels, which employed Kanojia,” said senior inspector Uttam More.

Investigating officer Tejasveeni Pachpute said, “Anupriya has a forehead injury, while both legs of Sneha are hurt.”

Victim Manju Prabhakaran said: “Sangeeta and Rekha, who were walking ahead, were suddenly hit by the car. A split second later, the car crashed into us throwing us to the side of the road.”

More said: “There were no tyre tracks on the road which means the driver did not attempt to apply breaks to save the women. However, RTO will inspect the vehicle to find out if there was a technical fault.”

Sangeeta’s mother Laxmi said, “My daughter would walk to office daily. I can’t believe she is no more. Her father works in the house-keeping department of the same company.”

5-yr-old dies as school van jumps signal, is hit by car

A five-year-old kindergarten student of The Air Force School, Subroto Park, was killed when her private school van jumped a traffic signal and crashed into a Maruti Swift on Tuesday in Dhaula Kuan, Southwest Delhi.

The cab driver, Sumit, has been arrested and booked for rash and negligent driving, causing death by negligence and under sections of the Motor Vehicles Act.

Gauri Trivedi and seven other children were in the Maruti Omni, being driven by Sumit, when it jumped the traffic signal on Cariappa Marg (opposite Dhaula Kuan Metro station) at 1.35 pm, police said. According to police, Sumit does not have a permit for the school van.

Police said Sumit was speeding and did not see the Swift till the last moment. After jumping the signal, Sumit swerved left to avoid a crash, but the vehicles grazed each other. The impact pushed the van on the pavement and it fell on the left side of the road, police said.

So severe was the impact that Gauri, who was in the passenger seat next to the driver, hit the windscreen. She died on the spot due to a head injury.

Brahm Prakash, a traffic police constable posted at the junction, told police: “The Maruti Omni was traveling at a very high speed and jumped the traffic signal. A Maruti Swift hit the van, which then fell on the left side of the road. I, and other passersby, pulled the children and the van driver out of the car. We handed over the driver to police.”

Additional Commissioner of Police (Southwest) A K Ojha said: “The Swift car (driver) was not at fault and had turned when the signal turned green. It was the fault of the school cab driver alone.”

All the children were taken to Safdarjung Hospital, where Gauri was declared dead on arrival. Another student, Kanika Goyal, was admitted with severe bleeding and vomiting. All other children were discharged after being treated for minor injuries.

Gauri’s grandmother Pushpa Kalra said: “The cab was suggested by the school, but we had finalised it. The driver did not have a permit.”

Principal of the school Deepika Thapar Singh said: “We do not have clarity on the incident. I can’t comment on the matter.”

In front seat, without belt

Driver of Maruti Omni van, Sumit, was driving at speed beyond permissible limit

Did not stop when traffic signal on Cariappa Marg turned red

Sumit drove a private vehicle for commercial purpose

Was not wearing a seat belt

Had eight children in the van

The five-year-old was made to sit in the front passenger seat

She was not made to wear a seat belt

Impact flung the girl into windscreen

Impact forced the child in front passenger seat forward

Her head crashed into windscreen. She died on the spot

Seven other children in the van received minor injuries

Sumit has been arrested and booked for rash driving, causing death by negligence and under the Motor Vehicles Act

1 killed, 7 injured in road accident

One person was killed and seven others were injured, one of them seriously, when the mini bus in which they were proceeding to Guruvayoor Temple, collided with a car at Pallikulam NH-17, about four km from here, early today. According to Valapatnam police, the deceased was identified as Uthajappa (40) s/o Govindappa, Rani Bandhur, Medileri (PO) in Karnataka. He was driver of the bus. The seriously injured was dental doctor Raghend (24) of Mangad near Kallyasseri. He was driving the car. He was admitted in a private hospital here. Other injured were Basavaraj (28), Gireeshan (42), Prasad (30), Anadhan (30) Santhakumar (31) Hrishikumar (20), all passengers of the bus. They were admitted to a private hospital.

Four die in road accident

JAIPUR: Four youngsters travelling in a truck were killed in an accident along the Jodhpur-Pali national highway near Mandiya village on Wednesday.

The truck was coming from Jodhpur and rammed into a trailer parked at Nagaur RTO late at night on Wednesday. The deceased are Rajuram (22), Ramchandra Singh (25), both residents of Jodhpur and Rajaram (30) and another 22-year-old man hailing from Nagaur. All of them died on the spot.

Sources said Sadar police who rushed to the spot had to carry out a three-hour-long operation to take out the victims from the trailer. Following the accident, the national highway was jammed till noon.

"We have cleared the road. Meanwhile, relatives of the deceased have been informed and postmortem will be conducted only after their arrival. We have kept bodies in the mortuary," a police officer said.

In the recent past, the Jodhpur-Pali highway has seen several road accidents. In a report released by the Union ministry of roads and surface transport, the highway is mentioned prominently for the high number of accidents.

Two killed in road accidents

A truck and a jeep collided on Gandhinagar-Mansa Highway killing a senior citizen while injuring eight persons on Sunday, police said. The truck driver reportedly fled from the spot.

The incident happened at Bavla village when the overspeeding truck coming from Mansa town rammed into the jeep carrying around 10 persons, all from one family.

The Gandhinagar police rushed to the spot and sent the victims to Gandhinagar Civil Hospital. The Kalol taluka police have registered a case of accidental death and rash driving against the unidentified truck driver.

In another accident at Odhav in Ahmedabad, a GSRTC bus rammed into a tempo on Odhav Ring Road. The tempo driver reportedly died on the spot. The Odhav police registered a case of fatal accident and begun further probe to hunt for the bus driver.

2 killed in accidents

HYDERABAD: A one-and-a-half-year-old girl died after a speeding water tanker hit her at Chitrapuri colony, Raidurgam on Thursday.

Cyberabad police said the girl, Swathi, was playing on the road when the accident took place. It was around 6 pm on Thursday the speeding water tanker hit the girl in front of the labour camp at Chitrapuri colony. Driver of the tanker fled from the spot immediately.

In an another incident, a school student died after he was hit by a car in front of Jaya Garden, while he was going on a two-wheeler on Thursday morning.

Punjagutta police said Shiva Singh,13, was a resident of Somajiguda and the accident happened while he was on his way to a eatery. The death was instant for Shiva.

Meanwhile, some persons made a vain bid to loot two ATMs in Ramanthapur using a screw driver on Thursday. Police said that miscreants were caught on the CCTV footage, while trying to open them using screw driver. However, the cash in the ATMs was found intact.

45 injured in road accident in Assam

Rangiya, Assam: Forty five people were injured, five of them critically, when a speeding bus overturned in Assam's Kamrup (Rural) district on Friday, police said.

The driver of the Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) bus, on its way to Guwahati from Barpeta, was trying to overtake a truck when it overturned and rolled down the road to a nearby field in Nayanpur area under Hajo police station.

The condition of five injured was stated to be critical.

They were admitted to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital, while the others are being treated at the Hajo Primary Health Care centre, police said.

Delhi cop killed in road accident

New Delhi: A 50-year-old Delhi Police head constable was killed after his bike was hit by a speeding vehicle here Thursday morning, police said.

The errant driver has been arrested.

Lokender Singh was attached to a Police Control Room (PCR) van. He was hit around 7.30 a.m. near Delhi Police Apartments in east Delhi's Pandav Nagar area.

He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.

"The errant driver, Pradeep Kumar, was reportedly driving the car of a retired army officer. He has been arrested for rash and negligent driving, causing death," said a police officer.

Singh, whose PCR van was posted at Akshardham Temple, was on his way to work when he met with the accident.

Singh is survived by his wife, a daughter and a son Sachin Singh, who also works with Delhi Police.

Collision on Yamuna Expressway, one dead

Greater Noida: The collision of a car and a truck on the Yamuna Expressway, led to the death of the man in the car and three of his family members were injured, the police said today.

The accident happened last night the Jewar toll plaza on the expressway. The deceased, Rahul Singhal, was a resident of Delhi and was returning to the national capital from Agra. The injured were rushed to a hospital where their condition was stated to be stable.

Law student from Amity University hits five cars in rash driving incident in Noida

Noida: A Law student from Amity University in Noida has been taken into custody by the police for hitting five other cars with his Maruti Suzuki Swift in the Delhi sub-urb. No one was injured in the accident.

Sanjeev Kumar, the student, is a resident of Meerut. He was alone in the car at the time of the incident. The police say he was driving rashly.

The police also recovered beer cans from his car. However, it has not yet been ascertained if the student was drunk at the time of the incident.

Five of a family killed as car catches fire after accident with tractor in Faridabad

Faridabad: A family of five was killed in Faridadad near Delhi today when their car caught fire after a collision with a tractor. The incident occurred on National Highway 2 in the Palwal district of Haryana.

According to the police, Ashok Aggarwal, his wife Manju, son Amit, daughter-in-law Seema and grandson Shobhit, who was 11, were on their way back from Vrindavan when their car, a Santro, rammed into a tractor from behind. Preliminary investigation reveals the tractor may have slammed the brakes suddenly, and the car ran into it from behind, leading to a CNG leak, and an immediate blaze.

The fire brigade was called but by the time they reached, all five were burnt alive inside the car, according to the police.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, said the police.

Speeding car lands three teens in hospital

Mumbai: Returning from a walk in the evening proved almost fatal for three school-going girls yesterday when a speeding car crashed into them at Swatantrya Veer Savarkar Marg (Cadell Road) near Shivaji Park, Dadar.

After an evening stroll, the three victims - Smruti Narkar, 16, Kruttika Nandalaskar, 15, and Deepali Gurav, 15 - who are residents of Dadar, were returning home, when a silver Baleno crashed into them opposite Dr Antonio Da Silva Technical High School around 4.30 pm.

The incident occurred when Aadesh Vaiti, the driver of the car, tried to skip a red signal, and in the process rammed into the trio. The impact of the car was so strong that the three girls landed a few metres away from the spot and the car across the road.

"The car tried to avoid a red signal," said HT Bhoye, a traffic officer, who witnessed the accident. He added, "The three girls were crossing the road and got hit by the car." Sub-Inspector Pushpak Ingale, from the Shivaji Park police station said, "Smruti has sustained a fracture to her thigh, while Kruttika and Deepali have fractures to their hip and back," he said. When asked if Vaiti was under the influence, Ingale said that he had been sent for a medical examination and they were awaiting the results.

Drunk constable mows down duo; one dead

A constable from Sakinaka police station was arrested yesterday for killing one and injuring another, when he crashed his car into the two. The incident occurred at 5 am at the Ghatkopar-Andheri Link Road when Borde, driving under the influence of alcohol, rammed his car into two pedestrians. The two injured were taken to Rajawadi hospital. One of them was declared dead while the other sustained injuries. No official was available for comment.

Drunk driver damages three cars in Mumbai

Mumbai: On Friday night, some Khar residents awoke to the sound of a car accident as 28-year-old Subroto Das rammed his car into some parked vehicles. No one was hurt but the Alto vehicle owned by resident Vipul Saluja and the Omni vehicle owned by Amit Prajapati were badly damaged along with a concrete pillar on Khar 3rd Road.

Das, a resident of Bandra's Carter road was returning home after consuming alcohol at 1.30 am, informed police officials. He lost control and rammed into some parked vehicles near the Khar Gurudwara. "He was completely drunk and was driving alone. He first banged into the parked Alto and pushed it ahead towards the Omni till it hit a concrete pillar located behind the van. All three vehicles have been badly damaged but, luckily, no one was injured," said a police official from the Khar police station.

Mr Saluja said, "The man had no regrets. He got out and abused us. His friends arrived later and tried to settle the matter, but we took him to the cops. He was bailed out after paying a fine of Rs. 2,000. But what about the damage done to my vehicle?" The owners hope to be compensated for the damages. "The repairs will cost around Rs. 20,000 but I used the car to transport goods, so this damage will cause me losses on a daily basis," said Mr Prajapati, owner of the Omni.

Mr Saluja, a professor, said, "After frequenting the pubs around Khar station at night, many drivers use this road to avoid the cops at night. Luckily, no one was injured during the incident." A Khar police official, on condition of anonymity said, "Das was produced in court on Saturday and booked for damaging the cars and negligent driving. The compensation will be decided in court." He has been booked under sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 427 (damage to property) and section 185 (drunk driving) of the Motor Vehicle Act.

Television star killed in road mishap

Mumbai: An 18-year-old television star was killed in Mumbai on Friday after the vehicle in which she was traveling in was hit by a speeding Honda City car in suburban Juhu, police said.

The car's driver, Purvesh Patkar (25), a Malad resident, was arrested and medically examined to check if he was driving under the influence of alcohol, police said.

According to the police, Neelam Bhardwaj, a Bhopal native who worked in some television serials, was on her way from her Lokhandwala residence to meet a relative in Juhu, when her auto rickshaw was rammed by a Honda City car on Friday morning.

Ms Neelam was rushed to the Cooper Hospital by some people. However,  she was declared dead before admission. The same people then tried calling some numbers in her cell phone and got through to some of her friends, who reached the hospital to claim the body. As there are no eyewitnesses, we don't know how exactly the collision occurred," DN Nagar's senior police inspector V D Bhoite said.

The Honda city's driver was overpowered by a crowd and taken to the police station, where he was placed under arrest after being charged for causing death due to rash and negligent driving.

The driver of the auto rickshaw is untraceable, and the police are trying to trace him.

Ms Neelam's friends told the police that her father used to be personal assistant to a prominent politician in Madhya Pradesh, although the police are yet to verify this.

Jaspal Bhatti dies in road accident in Punjab

Film actor and comedian Jaspal Bhatti died in a road accident near Jalandhar early on Thursday.

The car in which the 57-year-old actor, director was travelling hit a roadside tree near Shahkot in Nakodar area of the district around 1 am, Bhatti's associate Vinod Sharma said.

Sharma said that Bhatti was going to Jalandhar from Bhatinda for the promotion of his Punjabi film 'Power Cut' scheduled to be released on Friday.

Bhatti's son Jasraj, who was driving the car and film's heroine Suril Gautam were injured and rushed to a hospital at Jalandhar.

Sharma said that Bhatti had been traveling during past few days for the promotion of his new film.

The cremation is expected to take place later on Thursday evening after his body is brought to Chandigarh after completion of various legal formalities, including post-mortem, Sharma said.

Bhatti leaves behind his wife Savita, a son and a daughter.

Arbaaz Khan's car crushes woman to death in Mumbai; driver gets bail Reported by Rashmi Rajput, Written by Amit Chaturvedi | Monday, July 02, 2012 (Mumbai)

A 70-year-old pavement dweller was crushed to death under actor and producer Arbaaz Khan's Land Cruiser car in Mumbai last night. The car was being driven by his brother and actor Sohail Khan's driver, Dhananjaya Pimpale. Neither of the actor's brothers were in the car.

The driver had been arrested but was later released on bail for a surety of Rs. 10,000. The police said he had confessed that he lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a turn and hit the elderly woman, Chandra Bala.

Arbaaz's father Salim Khan, and his brothers Salman and Sohail, expressed regret over the death of the woman. "It was most unfortunate. The woman suddenly came in front of the vehicle and fell. The driver immediately applied the brakes and reported the matter to the police," Salim Khan told IANS.

"It's saddening that a lady lost her life when my driver was coming back home. I was at home, I came to know about it after an hour. I was shocked," said actor Sohail Khan.

The accident happened at around 11 pm last night near the St Andrews Church in Bandra. Pimpale, 46, was alone in the car driving towards Arbaaz Khan's home in Galaxy apartments; the police said they received a call at 11.30 pm from an eyewitness, reporting the accident. They said preliminary investigations showed the driver had not been drinking, but a medical report on his blood and urine samples is awaited. The driver has been arrested on various charges, including negligent driving and culpable homicide not amounting to murder. He will be produced in a local court today.

The police said the statement of Arbaaz Khan, who is Bollywood star Salman Khan's younger brother, will be recorded as the car belongs to him.

An autorickshaw driver, who saw the accident happen last night alleged that the car hit the woman and then ran her over, but the driver didn't stop. Another eyewitness said he and a constable rushed the victim to the Bhabha Hospital. "But no doctor was attending to her; half an hour was wasted there. They told us to take the woman out of the hospital," he said. She was later declared dead at the hospital.

An onlooker described the scene at the accident site: "I was just passing by and saw that a woman was lying on the road. She was lying here, bloodied and injured. There were about 150 people gathered there."

Speeding Tata Sumo crashes into police van in Mumbai; five cops injured

Mumbai: A speeding Tata Sumo car crashed into a police van in Mumbai's Powai suburb today, leaving five policemen seriously injured.

The incident happened around 4 am while the cops were investigating another accident that happened in the same area. Assistant Police Sub Inspector Kalyan Mandalik, Constables Sridhar Sawakande, BD Dhagde, Tukaram Yadav and Sudhir Pandit were getting into the van to update the control room about mishap when the car rammed into them.

While Mr Mandalik and Mr Sawakande were given first-aid for minor injuries, others were shifted to a private hospital from the civic-run Rajawadi hospital, police said.


The driver of the car, who has been admitted the same hospital, has been identified as Sagar Gaikwad. He also sustained injuries in the accident. His blood samples had been sent to laboratory to check if he was under the influence of alcohol, police said. The 27-year-old has been booked for negligent and rash driving.