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5 tourists killed in India road crash
At least five people were killed and two others injured when their SUV crashed into a speeding dumper on a busy expressway near the national capital on Thursday.
Police said the accident occurred on the Yamuna Expressway in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida city bordering Delhi when the victims, all tourists from western India, were returning from Agra, where they had gone to visit the Taj Mahal.
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"They were on the way from Agra towards Noida (sister city of Greater Noida) when their SUV hit the dumper truck from the rear side near Jewar toll plaza," a spokesperson for Noida Police told the local media.
While five of the occupants died on the spot, the injured have been hospitalised. "The condition of one of them is critical," a police officer said.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took to Twitter to expresse grief over the loss of the lives in the accident. "Praying for peace to departed souls," he said.
A probe has been ordered into the accident, the police spokesperson said, adding that the truck was seized.
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Road accidents are very common in India, with one taking place every four minutes. These accidents are often blamed on poor roads, rash driving and scant regard for traffic laws.
Indian government's implementation of stricter traffic laws in recent years have failed to rein in accidents, which claim over 100,000 lives every year.
7 of family killed in India road accident
Seven members of a family died when the car in which they were travelling collided with another vehicle on a busy expressway in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
Police said all the deceased, including a child, were on their way to attend a wedding when the accident occurred on the Yamuna Expressway in the state's Mathura town, 130 kms from the national capital.
"The impact of the crash was such that all the occupants of the car died on the spot. Two occupants of the other vehicle also sustained injuries in the accident," a police officer told the local media.
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Indian Prime Minister's Office tweeted to say that Narendra Modi had expressed his condolences to the bereaved families and wished for a quick recovery for the injured.
"A probe has been ordered into the fatal accident," the police officer said.
Road accidents are very common in India, with one taking place every four minutes. These accidents are often blamed on poor roads, rash driving and scant regard for traffic laws.
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Indian government's implementation of stricter traffic laws in recent years have failed to rein in accidents, which claim over 100,000 lives every year.
Two die in road accident on Barisal-Patuakhali highway
Two youths were killed and another was injured when their bike collided with a motorised three-wheeler on the busy Barisal-Patuakhali highway in Jhalakathi district early Wednesday
The deceased were identified as Nirob, 25, son of Shahjahan Mridha, and Limon, 20, son of Nasir Howldar. Both were residents of ward 29 area in Barishal city.
The accident occurred around 12pm near the Kather Ghor area of Nalchity upazila on the Barisal-Patuakhali highway.
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According to witnesses, Nirob with his two friends -- Limon and Sumon -- were travelling towards Barishal on a motorcycle when it collided with the three-wheeler. Nirob dead on the spot in the impact.
Limon died of his injuries at Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital, while Sumon is battling for his life at the medical facility, said Abul Kalam, ward master of the hospital.
Ataur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Nalchity police station, said the injured was taken to hospital by locals. “We are looking into the matter,” he said.
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2 killed in Chattogram road crash
Two people were killed in a collsion between a private car and an auto-rickshaw in the port city on Sunday.The deceased were identified as RajuDash,40, the auto-rickshaw driver from Halishahar area and Josna Ara Begum, 75, passenger of the private car.
The accident occurred around 2:30 pm near Kalushah bypass at Banglabazar area on Sitakunda-Patenga road.
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The private car heading towards the city from Mirsarai collided with the battery driven auto -rickshaw coming from the opposite side of the road leaving its driver Raju dead on the spot, said the witnesses.
Josna Begum was taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital in a critical condition where doctors announced her dead , said Zakir Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Akbar Shah police station.“Josna’s son Maruf and the car driver remained unhurt. The car was seized but the driver managed to flee”, said OC Zakir Hossain.
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32-year-old biker killed in Ctg road accident
A 32-year-old biker died while his friend riding pillion was injured after being hit by a speeding bus in Chattogram on Tuesday night, police said.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Farhad, son of Abdul Malek of Banarupa Para in Bandarban Sadar upazila. He was a hotelier by profession.
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The accident occurred around 8.30pm near the BGB office in the Bazalia area of the district's Satkania upazila.
"The Bandarban-bound bus hit their bike, leaving Farhad dead on the spot," said the officer-in-charge of Satkania police station, Tareq Mohammad Abdul Hannan.
On information, police rushed to the spot and took the body into custody.
Though the truck has been seized, its driver managed to flee, the OC said.
2 killed in Rampura, Gulshan road crashes
Two people were killed in separate road accidents in the city’s Rampura and Gulshan areas on Monday.
At Rampura, a 31-year-old man was killed when a covered van ran over him in front of Rampura TV Centre around 5am.
The deceased was identified as Sadman Sakib, son of Zahurul Haque of Sadar upazila in Bogura district.
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Sadman met the tragic incident while crossing the road on his way home after finishing his night shift at work.
At Gulshan, a 48-year-old businessman was injured when a pick-up van struck the road divider as its driver lost control near the Gulshan-2 circle around 6am.
Abdul Latif, hailing from Kishoreganj, succumbed to his injuries around 9 am at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.
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The two bodies were kept at the mortuary of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in –charge of the hospital police camp.
3 killed, 12 injured in Magura road crash
Three people were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between a battery-run auto-rickshaw and a bus in Mohammadpur upazila in Magura on Sunday noon.
The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Rabbi, 22, Jashim, 24, and Nirmal Kumar Biswas, 60, of the upazila.
Ikram Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mohammadpur police station, said the accident occurred around 12pm near Kanutia on Mohammadpur road when the auto-rickshaw was hit at high speed by the bus coming from the opposite side, leaving around 15 people injured.
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Among the injured, four were rushed to Magura Sadar Hospital where the doctor declared Rabbi and Jashim dead, said the OC.
Nirmal succumbed to his injuries on the way to Jashore hospital.
The vehicles were seized. However, the bus driver managed to flee the scene, he said.
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A case was filed at Mohammadpur police station in this regard, he added.
Two killed, 6 injured in Tangail road accident
Two people were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between an auto-rickshaw and a pick-up van in Kalihati upazila of Tangail on Friday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Ramzan Ali, 55, the auto-rickshaw driver from Uttar Betdoba village, and one of its occupants -- Rina, 30, from Bir Basina village of the upazila.
The accident occurred on Friday morning in front of RS Government Pilot High School.
According to witnesses, the auto-rickshaw heading towards the Kalihati bus stand was hit at high speed by the pick-up van coming from the opposite side, leaving its driver and the female passenger dead on the spot.
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The injured were all passengers of the auto-rickshaw. "Two of them have been admitted to Tangail General Hospital in a critical condition, while others are being treated at Kalihati Upazila Health Complex," said Molla Azizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Kalihati police station.
Both the ill-fated vehicles have been seized, but the pick-up van driver managed to flee, said the OC. "The bodies will be handed over to the family members of the deceased after completion of the legal process."
Two die in Dinajpur road crash
A truck driver and his helper were killed in a head-on collision with a lorry on the Dinajpur-Gobindaganj regional highway in the district in the early hours of Friday, police said.
The deceased driver was identified as KM Saiful Islam Badsha, 49, from Singra upazila in Natore, while his assistant could not be identified immediately, said Ashraful Islam, in-charge of Fulbari police station.
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The driver of the lorry also suffered minor injuries in the accident, he said.
The accident occurred around 3am near the Rajarampur Fakirpara area of the district's Fulbari upazila when the Panchagarh-bound truck carrying bricks crashed into the Naogaon-bound potato-laden lorry coming from the opposite direction at high speed.
Truck driver Badsha and his assistant died on the spot in the impact, Ashraful said. "Both the vehicles have been seized."
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6 students killed in Oklahoma crash were in car that seats 4
Six teenage girls on a high school lunch break were killed when their small car with only four seats collided with a large truck hauling rocks, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Wednesday.
The crash occurred shortly after noon Tuesday in Tishomingo, a rural city of about 3,000 located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City, the patrol said. Those killed included the 16-year-old driver, three 15-year-olds, and two 17-year-old passengers, according to the patrol.
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While what led to the crash is unknown, it highlighted concerns of teenagers carrying other young passengers.
“Just adding a single passenger under age 21 increases the risk of crashing by 44%” when the driver is a teen," said William Van Tassel with AAA’s national office.
The crash report, released Wednesday morning, said the circumstances of the wreck remained under investigation. But Highway Patrol Trooper Shelby Humphrey said Tuesday night that the girls’ car was making a right turn when it collided with the truck, KXII-TV reported.
"One of the main concerns and risks of having multiple teenagers in a car is the distractions that come with that,” Van Tassel said.
“If one of the passengers is over 35 (the risk) goes down by 62%. That implies teens can drive safely when there’s an adult in the car," Van Tassel told The Associated Press.
Only the 16-year-old driver and front-seat passenger were wearing seat belts when the 2015 Chevrolet Spark collided with the truck, according to the Highway Patrol.
“The unbelted people put everyone at risk," Van Tessel said. "In a crash, the unbuckled people fly around all over the place,” injuring others inside the vehicle.
Oklahoma is the only state where passengers who are older than 7 years old and in the back seat of a car do not have to wear a seat belt, said Leslie Gamble, the manger of public and government relations for AAA-Oklahoma.
“A 41-member coalition of traffic safety advocates has pushed for a bill to be passed by our state legislators for the past three years without success,” Gamble said
The crash occurred about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from Tishomingo High School.
Students in the district of about 850 students were in class Wednesday, Tishomingo Public School Superintendent Bobby Waitman said.
“Academics are secondary, frankly, at this point to the students knowing that they belong, that they have a safe place,” Waitman said.
“You'll never fully understand, I don't think we'll ever fully understand a loss like this," Waitman added.
The girls' names weren't released because they are juveniles.
The Highway Patrol identified the driver of the truck as Valendon Burton, 51, of Burneyville, Oklahoma. The report said Burton was not injured.
The National Transportation Safety Board was sending a team, according to NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson.
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Waitman said funerals for the students were not yet scheduled and that the district would work with their families to potentially schedule a memorial service on campus.
The crash happened one week after nine people were killed — including six members of a New Mexico college’s golf team and their coach — died in a crash in West Texas. In that crash, the NTSB determined that a 13-year-old boy was behind the wheel of a truck when it blew a tire and struck the van carrying University of the Southwest students.