Fatal collision

Five Killed, Several Injured as Bus Ploughs into Roadside Gathering in Bihar’s West Champaran

Five Killed, Several Injured as Bus Ploughs into Roadside Gathering in Bihar’s West Champaran

West Champaran (Gurpreet Singh): At least five men lost their lives and several others sustained injuries, including one critically, after a speeding passenger bus ploughed into a crowd attending a roadside cultural programme in Bihar’s West Champaran district late Friday night. The fatal accident occurred around 10:45 p.m. along Lauriya Marg in Parau Tola, falling under the jurisdiction of the Lauriya police station, where residents had gathered to celebrate the Chhathi ceremony of a newborn girl. According to Narkatiyaganj Sub-Divisional Police Officer Ajay Prakash Singh, the Bettiah-bound private bus, which was travelling from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, swerved to avert…
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ITBP DIG and Driver Killed in Fatal Highway Collision in Saharanpur

ITBP DIG and Driver Killed in Fatal Highway Collision in Saharanpur

Saharanpur (Gurpreet Singh): An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and his driver were killed, while four others sustained injuries after their vehicle hit a road divider and collided head-on with an oncoming car in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district. The fatal accident occurred on the Dehradun-Panchkula National Highway within the Sarsawa police station limits as the officer’s vehicle was travelling towards Ambala in Haryana following the completion of a training program in Mussoorie. The deceased have been identified as 52-year-old ITBP DIG Parminder Singh, originally hailing from Ropar in Punjab and posted in Srinagar, and his 35-year-old driver…
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