Driver rams private bus into shops, vehicles at Uppinangady bus stand
Uppinangady: A private bus operator reportedly lost control of the vehicle while reversing at the Uppinangady bus stand on Saturday evening, damaging two shops and several vehicles parked in the parking lot. There were no reported casualties from the incident.
Meanwhile, locals alleged the driver of recklessly reversing, causing damage to shops owned by Nagaraj Bhat and Anil Kumar and vehicles and resulting in the bus entering the Uppinangady Grama Panchayat Commercial Complex.
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The bus stand, which is crowded on most days, had only a lesser amount of crowd on Saturday preventing a major mishap from happening.
A complaint in connection with the incident has been registered at the Uppinangady Police Station.
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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
