Even though the Commissioner of Railway Safety probe into the July 18 Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailment near Gonda in Uttar Pradesh is yet to come to any conclusion, a preliminary probe conducted by a six-member team of railway officials has revealed that train’s speed, officials’ ignorance and problem in track among other reasons led to the mishap in which four people …
Veteran India cricketer Shikhar Dhawan on Saturday recalled a piece of advice that he offered to wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant about the need to drive cars safely, adding that he is happy that the Delhi batter survived a near-fatal car crash in December 2022. Shikhar Dhawan said he had forgotten the interview from the past in which he can be seen …
As many as 27 passengers were injured after an oil tanker collided with a bus on the Haldia-Mecheda state highway in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district. The accident took place on Sunday afternoon when a collision took place between an oil tanker and a South Bengal State Transport Corporation bus. West Bengal | 27 passengers injured in a collision between …
Over-speeding and careless driving were the two major causes of road accidents that claimed 87,050 and 42,853 lives, respectively, in the country in 2021. Overall, poor weather conditions, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and mechanical defects in vehicles caused 3.5 per cent,1.9 per cent and 1.3 per cent of total deaths, respectively, in 2021. Careless driving and …
