Page 24 - Road Accident

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