4 dead, 3 injured as car hits some two-wheelers on flyover in Ambarnath town near Mumbai
Thane (PTI): Four persons were killed and three others injured after a car collided with some two-wheelers and overturned on a flyover in Ambarnath town of Maharashtra's Thane district on Friday, police said.
The accident occurred around 7.15 pm on the flyover that connects the eastern side of the town to its western parts, they said.
The impact of the collision was so severe that a person riding one of the affected two-wheelers was flung in the air and fell on the road beneath the flyover, the police said.
"The driver of the car reportedly lost control and the vehicle collided against four to five two-wheelers before overturning," a police official said.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Shailesh Kale of Ambarnath said, "Four persons, including the driver of the car, were killed in the accident."
Due to the impact, the two-wheelers were completely crushed, he said, adding that efforts were on to establish the identity of the deceased persons.
Three other individuals sustained injuries in the accident, and all of them are reported to be out of danger and have been admitted to hospitals, he said.
The bodies of the deceased have been sent to a government hospital for a post-mortem examination, the police said.
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Karnataka Minister urges Centre to launch Bengaluru–Vijayapura express train
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Infrastructure Development Minister M B Patil has urged the Centre to launch an express train service between Bengaluru and Vijayapura.
The demand comes following the completion of the 9.60-km double-line railway work between Alamatti and Wandal, which has been open for traffic since March 25, the Minister's office said in a statement on Wednesday.
"He has written a letter regarding this on March 30 to Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Minister V Somanna," it said.
In the letter, Patil stated that the Alamatti–Wandal section, part of the Gadag–Hotgi double-line project, has now been completed. During an earlier meeting, it was mentioned that once this work was finished, an express train between Bengaluru and Vijayapura could be introduced. He has now requested that this be given priority.
He highlighted that thousands of people from Vijayapura and Bagalkote districts travel daily to Bengaluru for education, healthcare, administrative work, and business, and this train service would greatly benefit them.
According to him, currently, the train journey between the two cities takes about 15 hours, which is inconvenient.
He stressed the need to reduce this travel time to around 10 hours.
The minister also requested that trains departing from Bengaluru be given a limited stops upto Hubballi, and that trains proceeding to Vijayapura should be routed via the Hubballi and Gadag bypass lines.
