Kerala Transport Minister KB Ganesh Kumar has said the driver of a lorry that ran over people sleeping on the roadside in Thrissur's Nattika on Tuesday, killing five of them, was in an inebriated condition at the time of the accident.
A truck full of chemicals crashed at Thane while travelling from Navi Mumbai to Punjab, leaving one person injured in the accident and disrupting traffic in the area, police officials said on Tuesday.
Three people died and two were seriously injured after a truck rammed them while they were sleeping on the central verge of the road in the Shastri Nagar area on Monday morning.
Four people have died and 24 others were injured when the tyre of a truck they were travelling in burst on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) in Dankaur area here, police said on Monday.
Kaushambi District Magistrate, Rajesh Kumar Rai shared the development and said, "We have received information of 6 people being injured, and they have been sent to the hospital."
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, who visited the Civil Hospital's Trauma Centre to extend his support to the injured, confirmed the grim toll, stating that 17 lives were initially lost, with 52 injured passengers rushed to the hospital, 40 of whom were later discharged.
The tipper truck carrying labourers overturned at Swabhiman Anchal in Malkangiri district on Saturday. The cement-laden tipper carrying more than ten labourers overturned on Hantalguda Ghati.