Eight people were charred to death after a horrific head-to-head collision between a dumper and a car on the Bareilly-Nainital Highway, in the Bhojipura police station area of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday night, officials said.
Officials said that the incident occurred when a dumper truck tried to cross the bridge near Wadhwan tehsil, even though the entry of heavy vehicles to the bride was restricted.
The dumper was taken in possession and the truck driver Ajay Kumar, a resident of village, Kucha Nangla Kewal oin Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district has been arrested under Section 279/304A Indian Penal Code, they said.
Three people were killed as a dumper skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in the Dudu area of the Udhampur district, the police said on Thursday.
At least five people were killed and over a dozen injured after a tractor-trolley and a dumper collided in the Hathras district late on Friday night, said the police on Saturday.
One person was killed and three others were injured after a speeding dumper on Monday ran over five vehicles at Rawalpindi’s GT Road, ARY News reported, quoting rescue sources.
While talking to ANI, Superintendent of Police (SP) Morena, Shailendra Singh Chauhan said, "A dumper and a passenger bus collided en route from Gwalior to Delhi. Three persons died and seven others have been injured. The injured have been admitted to the hospital."
The incident occurred at Indore-Bhopal bypass in Dewas at around 4 am on Wednesday. Those who died were identified as Dharmendra, resident of Shankargarh in Dewas, Rani, a resident of Sagar district, and her two children Hrithik (2) and Anshu (3).
Around 200 Municipal Corporation employees, officers and police force were present on the spot in the morning to remove the illegal structure of the temple constructed by encroaching over the garden land of Sneh Nagar locality. The police barricaded the entire area before the JCBs, bulldo