13 killed in K’taka road accident, 8 women & 2 children included
At least 13 people were killed, including eight women and two children, after a tempo traveller rammed into a parked truck in Haveri district of Karnataka on Friday.
At least five persons have been killed, and 26 others injured after a truck carrying 38 people overturned in Zimbabwe, the media reported on Saturday, citing officials.
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At least five persons have been killed, and 26 others injured after a truck carrying 38 people overturned in Zimbabwe, the media reported on Saturday, citing officials.
The police attributed the accident to recklessness on the part of the driver who fled the spot after the mishap, Xinhua news agency reported.
A police officer said that the truck veered off the road and overturned on the way from Karoi town in Mashonaland West Province to Binga in Matabeleland North Province.
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Following the accident, some passengers were thrown off the truck while others were trapped beneath the load the truck was carrying.
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