By any measure, India’s roads are among the most dangerous in the world. Each day, nearly 500 lives are lost to road accidents.
A head-on collision between a passenger bus and a Toto at the Kathali area on the Arambagh-Kamarpukur road early this morning left five people seriously injured.
At least 12 people were killed and 9 others injured in two separate road accidents in Chitrakoot and Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh during the past 24 hours.
An elderly man and a two-year-old girl were killed in two separate road accidents due to reckless driving. The incidents led to agitation and road blocks in the respective areas.
According to police data, road accidents witnessed a reduction of 14 per cent, fatalities by 27 per cent and injuries by 18 per cent.
Meanwhile, forensic analysis will be required to identify not just the victim bodies, but also the number of the dead in the horrific bus accident.
Five other occupants of the vehicle sustained injuries in the incident that took place around 11.30 pm on Sunday.
The incident comes barely 2 months after a woman techie died after she was run over by a water tanker as she fell down on the road when an illegal hoarding put up by a ruling AIADMK functionary fell on her.
The pilgrims were from a group of 56 that had started from their village Mohanpura on October 3.
In one case, at least nine children are feared dead and many seriously injured after a school bus, carrying 18 children, rolled down a gorge in the Tehri Garhwal district.
