Kumata: Collision between bus-lorry, five die on the spot
Karwar, July 07: As many as five persons killed on the spot in a collision between bus and lorry on NH 66 at Kumata on Saturday evening.
The accident, which occurred near the Panduranga Hotel on Kumta Highway, killed five persons and left several seriously injured.
According to the source, the accident took place when a lorry loaded with iron pillars hit a KSRTC bus. The pillars in the truck hit people sitting on the driver side of the bus and sustained severe injuries.
The dead bodies were removed with the help of police and locals. Injured passengers have been hospitalized. Police said that the identity of the deceased is not known yet.
More information is yet to be ascertained.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
