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A Chennai-bound bus in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district veered off the road and collided with two cars after a tyre burst, resulting in nine fatalities and at least 10 injuries CHENNAI : Nine people, including four women, were killed and at least 10 injured in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday evening.It happened after a state-run Chennai-bound bus lost control following a tyre burst and...

At least 15 people were killed after a passenger bus crashed on Indonesia’s main island of Java early Monday, officials said.The inter province bus, carrying 34 passengers, lost control on a toll road just after midnight, struck a concrete barrier and rolled onto its side, said Budiono, a search and rescue agency chief who goes by a single name.According to officials, the bus was travelling from the...

New Delhi: A crash barrier will be placed on Outer Ring Road between Madhuban Chowk and Mukarba Chowk soon. This move aims to improve road safety on one of the city's accident-prone stretches. The stretch serves traffic mainly from Rohini, Pitampura, Wazirpur Industrial Area and Jahangirpuri.The department has earmarked Rs 2.6 crore for the work."The existing divider consists of short stone blocks...

CHENNAI: A medical college student died and four other students were severely injured when their BMW car rammed into a stationary truck near Thiruporur on Thursday morning.Earlier this month, two women were killed in a collision between a government bus and a van in Kunnathur village, officials said. Chief minister M.K. Stalin announced a solatium of Rs 3 lakh each to the families of the deceased from...

ULHASNAGAR: Two teenagers, one of them a minor, died after the car the two collegians were in had an accident in Ambernath late Tuesday evening. The younger teen, Manav Tharwani (17), was at the wheel, the police said, adding that he had gone for a late-night drive with his friend Kushal Thawani (18). Manav's parents have claimed that they were not aware that their son had taken the car, the police...

MUMBAI: Road crash-related fatalities in the city reduced by 35% with 176 deaths reported between January and September as compared to 272 in the same period last year.Traffic police have attributed the drop to strict enforcement and improved infrastructure around 'black spots' or accident-prone locations. But with high-speed corridors like the Mumbai Coastal Road and Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link to be...

SAO PAULO: A plane crash in Brazil's northern Amazon state on Saturday has left 14 dead, the state's governor said. The accident took place in the Barcelos province, some 400 km (248 miles) from the state capital, Manaus. "I deeply regret the death of the 12 passengers and two crew members who were victims of the plane crash in Barcelos on Saturday," said Wilson Lima, Governor of Amazonas state on X,...

MUMBAI: A 20-year-old woman lost her life after being knocked down by a BEST bus at Malwani early on Saturday. Farheen Khan, the victim, was on her way to college, police said. A case of rash driving and negligence has been registered against the bus driver.The incident occurred at 7.50am near Malwani bus depot. Bus no. 207 was being steered by driver Mahadev Sasane from Malwani depot towards Gaikwad...

THANE: A decade after Adarsh Tower inside Lucky Compound in Shil-Daighar near Mumbra crashed like a pack of cards, claiming 74 lives and maiming 62 others on April 4, 2013, trial in the unauthorised construction is moving at a snail's pace with only 56 of the over 400 witnesses being examined so far. For those who survived, getting justice seems to be taking longer than expected. The prosecution,...