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  • Road crash in UP leaves 8 dead; PM announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for kin of deceased

    By PTI

    SIDDARTHNAGAR: An SUV carrying a marriage party rammed into a stationary truck here killing eight people and injuring three, police said on Sunday.

    The incident occurred on Saturday night near Katya village in the Jogia Udaypur area. The SUV was carrying 11 people.

    While four people died on the spot, others were rushed to a hospital, where four more died during treatment. Those killed were identified as Sachin Pal (16), Mukesh Pal (35), Lalaram Paswan (26), Shiv Sagar (18), Ravi Paswan (19), Pintu Gupta (25), Ram Baran (35), and driver Gaurav Maurya (22), police said.

    Ram Baran was admitted to the medical college in Gorakhpur where he died.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the loss of lives in the accident and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the kin of the deceased.

    “The road accident in Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh is very painful. My condolences are with the bereaved families. May God give them the strength to bear this immense sorrow,” Modi was quoted as saying by his office. The prime minister also wished a speedy recovery to all the injured.

    “The prime minister has announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from PMNRF for the next of kin of those who lost their lives in an accident in Siddharthnagar, UP. The injured would be given Rs 50,000 each,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a tweet.

    Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also condoled the death and directed officials to ensure the best treatment for the injured.

  • MP: Three dead, four injured as mini-bus catches fire after hitting stationary truck

    By PTI

    GUNA: A girl and two others were charred to death, while their four co-passengers suffered burn injuries on Friday morning as the mini-bus carrying them caught fire after hitting a stationary container truck in Barkheda area of Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district, police said.

    The four injured passengers, including a 12-year-old boy, have been admitted to the district hospital, Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Munish Rajoria told PTI.

    “The bus with 28 people on board was heading to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh from Indore in Madhya Pradesh when it met with the accident on National Highway 46,” he added.

    “All the occupants of the mini-bus were going on a pilgrimage to Mathura when their vehicle rammed into the rear side of a stationary container truck parked by the roadside between 5 am and 6 am at Barkheda in Chachoda tehsil, located around 40 km from Guna district headquarters,” he said.

    The collision caused an explosion and led to a blaze that engulfed the mini-bus, the SDOP said.

    People nearby rushed to the rescue of the occupants of the vehicle and pulled them out, Rajoria said.

    However, Durga (13) and Madho (20), both from Indore, and Rohit, who hailed from Khargone district of MP, got trapped in the burning vehicle and died, he added.

    Police are investigating the accident, the police officer said.

  • Two girls mowed down by cop’s car, one dies in Punjab’s Jalandhar district

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: One girl was killed and another seriously injured after they were run over allegedly by a police inspector in a village in Punjab’s Jalandhar district on Monday, officials said, adding the accused has been arrested.

    The incident took place in Dhanowali village on the Jalandhar-Phagwara highway, they said.

    The girls were standing on the roadside on the highway when the car being driven by inspector Amrit Pal Singh ran over them, killing one girl on the spot, they added.

    The deceased has been identified as Navjot Kaur, who worked at a local car showroom.

    Singh, posted at Punjab Armed Police headquarters in Jalandhar, has been arrested.

    A video posted on the internet shows the two girls standing on the road.

    They can be seen taking steps backward after seeing the car approaching them.

    But within moments, the car hits them.

    Following the incident, traffic on the highway was blocked by locals who sat on dharna, asking for the registration of a murder case against the accused police official.

  • Maharashtra: Tempo hits five vehicles on Mumbai-Pune Expressway, three dead

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: A tempo rammed into several vehicles on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway near Dheku village in Raigad’s Khalapur taluka in the early hours of Monday, resulting in the deaths of three people, including the tempo driver, police said.

    Tempo driver Akram Khan lost control of his vehicle and rammed into five vehicles, killing Ronak Murgane (28) and Irshad Siddiqui (30), from Khar and Bandra in Mumbai respectively, who were travelling in a car, an official said.

    “Passersby rushed the injured to the hospital. Khopoli police has registered a case against Khan, himself deceased, for causing death by negligence,” he added.

  • 35 injured in bus-truck collision in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan

    By PTI

    SHIMLA: At least 35 people were injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a bus in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district on Sunday, a state disaster management official said. The truck with three persons collided with the bus carrying 32 passengers near Jabli-Dharampur around 11.30 am, he added.

    The bus was on its way towards Shimla, while the truck was going towards Kalka. All the injured persons have been taken to the civil hospital Dharmapur for treatment, the official added. However, no one was seriously injured in the accident, he added.

  • Even if vehicle is rented, insurer liable to pay for accident: Supreme Court

    By Express News Service
    NEW DELHI:  The Supreme Court has ruled that when a transport corporation hires a vehicle for use from its registered owner, third-party insurance coverage will also deemed to be transferred along with the vehicle. The person in effective control and command of the vehicle will be regarded as the ‘owner’. Therefore, along with the vehicle, it must be deemed that the existing insurance policy also remains transferred for the period of hire.

    Overturning a judgement of the Allahabad High Court, a bench of Justices S Abdul Naseer and Krishna Murari was deciding on the scenario that if an insured vehicle is plying under an agreement with the corporation and in case of any accident during that period, whether the insurance company would be liable to pay compensation or would it be the responsibility of the corporation or the owner.

    The case pertains to the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation that hired a bus which met with an accident resulting in the death of one person. Heirs of the deceased raised a claim petition before the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal wherein the corporation filed its written statement that the contract between the corporation and the bus owner as well as the factum of insurance was with the insurance company. 

    The company filed its response admitting the existence of the policy with respect to the said bus. The Tribunal ruled that the insurance company is liable and directed it to pay a compensation of Rs 1,82,000. The insurance company challenged this order in Allahabad High Court challenging the order.

    The high court held that insurance companies are not liable to pay compensation to third parties in the event of buses being operated under the control of the corporation. After that, the corporation filed an appeal in Supreme Court.

    The top court held that effective control and command is the real test of ownership. Thereby under a hire agreement, the insurance policy is deemed to be transferred along with the vehicle. “It will be deemed that the vehicle was transferred along with the insurance policy in existence to the corporation and thus insurance company would not be able to escape its liability to pay the amount of compensation.”

  • Uttar Pradesh: 12 cops injured as protest against road crash death turns violent, 43 arrested

    By PTI
    UNNAO: Twelve police personnel were injured when people protesting over the death of two motorcycle riders in an accident pelted stones at them near a village here, officials said on Thursday.

    Forty-three people have been arrested, and a case has been registered against 100 named and 250 unknown persons in connection with the violence that took place on Wednesday, the police said.

    The road crash that led to the protest took place on Tuesday.

    Devikheda village residents Rajesh (32) and Vipin (25) died as the motorcycle they were riding was hit by a car in the City Kotwali police station area, they said.

    A day later, after the bodies were handed over to their families for last rites following a post-mortem examination, people of the village blocked the Unnao-Kanpur road near Akrampur to press for action against those responsible and compensation for the kin of the deceased, Superintendent of Police Anand Kulkarni said.

    The protesters pelted stones at the sub-divisional magistrate and a police team sent there to pacify them, resulting in injuries to over 12 policemen, the SP said.

    Meanwhile, the Lucknow Range inspector general tweeted that Kotwali Sadar Inspector in-charge Dinesh Mishra, police outpost in-charge of Magarwara, and two constables have been suspended for laxity and incompetence.

    A clarification has been sought from the CO City, and the investigation of entire case has been given to the Rae Bareli additional superintendent of police, the IG said.

    According to local people, the police team was outnumbered and ill-equipped to handle the mob.

    The situation came under control after additional forces arrived at the spot.

  • Trawler capsizes in river near Nandigram, one dead, three missing

    By PTI
    KOLKATA: A trawler capsized in the Haldi river in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district, killing a fisherman, while three others were missing, an official said on Sunday.

    The incident happened on Saturday night near Nandigram when the trawler with 14 fishermen on board was anchored at the mouth of a canal where it meets the Haldi river, he said.

    The fishermen had anchored the trawler as they wanted to have dinner before setting out for fishing, he added.

    The trawler toppled due to high tide, and the fishermen fell into the river.

    Ten of them either managed to swim to safety or were rescued, while four others went missing, the official said.

    A body was fished out in the early hours of Sunday, he said.

    A search is underway for those missing, the official said.

  • Two dead, 36 injured as bus overturns in Madhya Pradesh

    By PTI
    DEWAS: Two persons were killed and 36 others injured after a bus overturned in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district in the wee hours of Saturday, a police official said.

    The incident occurred at Sirolya village, located approximately 15 kms from Dewas district headquarters, around 1 am, he said.

    “The driver of the bus, which was returning from a marriage ceremony, lostcontrol over the vehicle due to which it overturned,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Dr Shiv Dayal said.

    On being alerted, a police team rushed to the spot and took the injured to Dewas district hospital, he said.

    One of the injured, identified as Narayan Singh, died on way to the hospital, while another one identified as Rakesh Malviya succumbed to his injuries during treatment at a hospital in Indore, the SP said.

    Of the 36 persons, who were injured in the incident, six are in a serious condition.

    They have been admitted to Indore hospital, Dayal said, adding that others were discharged after primary treatment.

    A case was registered against the bus driver at Barotha police Station and further investigation is underway, he said.

    The bodies were handed over to the family members of the deceased after post-mortem.

  • Activities banned in Gangrel tourism area with immediate effect

    Dhamtari 19 February 2021 / A team of elephants has been roaming around the Gangrel tourism area for the last few days. In view of the fear of any mishap due to their variance, Collector Shri Jai Prakash Maurya has restricted the visit of tourists in the Garden, Garden, Angarmoti temple of Gangrel tourism area and activities in water sports with immediate effect till further orders. He has told that the arrival of the previously reserved guests in Bardiha and other resorts will be free from restrictions, but other tourists have been advised to stay inside the resort, motel or hotel for safety. Apart from this, in the gram panchayats where elephants are roaming, the collector has declared a high alert in the interest of public safety.