Manipal: Car crashes into Municipal Council pump house, staff escapes injury
Manipal: A car crashed into the pump house of the Udupi Municipal Council on the roadside of Parkala Eshwara Nagar around 1 AM today. Fortunately, a staff member sleeping inside at the time managed to escape unharmed.
The vehicle was traveling from Manipal to Parkala when the driver lost control on the slope, resulting in significant damage to both the car and the pump house.
Concerns have been raised about the lack of safety measures at the site, as there is no safety fence or signboard warning of the old road ahead.
Although recent repairs addressed a pothole, it has reopened. Locals have pointed out that this negligence by authorities has contributed to multiple accidents on this stretch of road in recent days.
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4 killed as SUV rams into truck in Jharkhand's Hazaribag
Hazaribag (PTI): Four people were killed after their SUV rammed into a truck in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Saturday, police said.
The accident happened around 6 pm on NH-2 in Danua Valley in the Chouparan police station area, they said.
"The accident happened due to speeding and the SUV driver's attempt to overtake the truck, during which he lost control of the vehicle," said Saroj Kumar Singh, the officer-in-charge of the Chouparan police station.
The deceased are yet to be identified, he said, adding that the car has a Dhanbad registration.
Singh said the impact of the collision was such that the SUV was badly damaged.
"The bodies of the victims were retrieved from the vehicle and sent for post-mortem examination," he said.
