Page 24 - Road Accident

Union Minister Shripad Naik injured in accident; wife, close aide dead

Mr Naik, who is the Union Minister of state for AYUSH (independent) and defence is out of danger and is being treated at a hospital in Goa

Six migrant workers from UP killed in road accident near Hyderabad

Police suspect that their vehicle overturned after hitting another while trying to overtake it

Odisha witnesses over 43% decline in road accident deaths during lockdown

Fatalities due to road accidents in Odisha have decreased by 43.5% in four months of lockdown from April to July, according to the State Transport Authority (STA)

Sri Lankan cricketer Mendis arrested after man's death in motor accident

Mendis hit a 74-year-old man, killing him in the wee hours, in the Colombo suburb of Panadura

Road accident treatment up to Rs 2.5 lakh/case to be cashless soon: Govt

Trauma and healthcare services to road accident victim will be financed through an account which will be established under the MoRTH for the implementation of the scheme

14 home-bound migrant workers killed in two road accidents in MP

In one of the incidents, eight Uttar Pradesh-bound migrant workers were killed and nearly 55 injured when the truck they were travelling in collided with a bus

5 migrant workers killed, 13 injured as truck overturns in Madhya Pradesh

The accident took place near Patha village on Saturday night when nearly 20 migrant labourers were going in the truck to Jhansi

21 killed in bus-auto-rickshaw crash in Nashik; vehicles fall in well

More than 18 people also suffered injuries in the accident which took place in the evening at Meshi Phata on the Malegaon-Deola Road in the North Maharashtra district

Shabana Azmi injured in accident on Mumbai-Pune highway, Javed Akhtar safe

The incident took place around 3.30 pm near Khalapur, over 60 km from Mumbai, when the car in which she was traveling rammed into a truck, said Raigad Superintendent of Police Anil Paraskar.

Story in numbers: Killer roads, fatal rides cost India 5% of GDP every year

Road accidents cost India 3 to 5 per cent of GDP every year, and are avoidable if the country improves its roads and city planning, train its drivers better, and enforce traffic laws

Road accidents led to 3 deaths every 10 minutes in India in 2017: Report

The number of persons killed in road accidents during 2017 was less than that of 2016 by 1.9 per cent