Jaipur (PTI): Three people, including a pregnant woman, were killed on Sunday after a speeding motorcycle rammed into a road divider on the Jamwa Ramgarh state highway on the outskirts of Jaipur, police said.
Jamwa Ramgarh SHO Bhagwan Sahay said the victims were identified as Bunty (24), his wife Bhavna, who was four months pregnant (20), and his mother Ballu Devi (45), residents of Gopalgarh in Jamwa Ramgarh.
The family was on its way to attend a wedding in nearby Neembi village when the accident occurred, he added.
The driver lost control due to overspeeding, and the motorcycle struck the divider. All three suffered serious head injuries and were rushed to the SMS Hospital in critical condition, where they later succumbed to their injuries during treatment, the SHO said, adding that the bodies have been kept at the SMS Hospital mortuary.
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Bengaluru (PTI): A 36-year-old woman, who went trekking at Tadiandamol hills in Kodagu district, has gone missing inside the forest. Additional personnel and drone cameras have been deployed to search for her, Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre said on Sunday.
He said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, expressing concern about the young woman's disappearance, instructed that search operations be intensified.
G S Sharanya had come alone from Kerala for the trek and stayed at a private homestay in Kakkabe village.
She had gone to the high mountain range of Tadiandamol hills in Kodagu with a guide and 15 other trekkers on April 2. She went missing that afternoon. As soon as the matter was known, five teams of 50 people, including police, the anti-Naxal squad, a dog squad and forest personnel were formed, and are conducting searches, the minister's office said in a statement.
According to Khandre, CM Siddaramaiah expressed concern about the disappearance of the young woman who went on a trek and instructed that additional personnel be deployed for the search.
"Four additional teams of 40 personnel have been deployed today. A total of 9 teams are conducting the search operation. Honest efforts continue to find the missing young woman," he said.
Further noting that, as per reports, the young woman last contacted the homestay by phone on Thursday, stating she had lost her way, the minister said, "Search is being conducted based on her phone location. Local tribal people have also rushed to help, and sophisticated thermal drone cameras have been obtained with an additional team deployed starting today."
