(Image: WLNNews) 33 injured in bus accident in Maharashtra, India
At least 33 people were on Sunday injured, 10 of them seriously, when the bus in which they were travelling overturned near Asurde village, around 65 kilometers from Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
The incident took place in the coastal district around 5 early morning on Mumbai-Goa Highway.
The bus that was carrying 45 passengers from Virar to Kudal, overturned after its driver lost control over the vehicle.
Out of the 33 injured, 10 are in a serious condition, police said, adding that all of them were undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dervan.
Sunday, 08 September, 2013 at 08:34 (08:34 AM) UTC RSOE
In yet another ghastly road accident that provided the second consecutive Black Friday for the district, 13 persons were killed and 30 others injured when a bus lost control and rammed a tree at Thelakkad, near Perinthalmanna.
The bus was destroyed in the crash, and many of the injured were admitted to intensive care wards of two private hospitals at Perinthalmanna.
The accident occurred at 1.30 p.m. when the private bus heading towards Alanallur from Perinthalmanna burst one of its tyres on a slope, careened off the road, and rammed a mango tree after hitting a telephone post.
The bus then overturned and fell into a depth of six feet. The bus driver hailed from Manathumangalam. The others were from Melkulangara.
Seven of the bodies were shifted to the taluk hospital at Perinthalmanna and the remaining six to the General Hospital, Manjeri, for post-mortem. District Collector K. Biju said that all the bodies would be released on Friday night after post-mortem.
Minister for Urban Affairs Manjalamkuzhi Ali visited the families of the victims and consoled them. Mr. Ali said that all possible help would be given to the kin of the dead. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is expected to visit the families of the dead on Friday night.
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The Hindu – September 7, 2013
“….The dead were identified as Mankadakkuzhiyil Mariyam, 50; Kavannayil Cheriyakkan, 55; Adarikkal Safeela, 19; Pacheeri Neethu,18; Kavanayil Sabira, 17; Ponniyath Fatima, 37; Kozhipatham Mubashira; Mangalakuzhiyil Sainaba; Madappodi Shamna, 17; Kappungal Safli, 17; Kavannayil Cherukki; Chilambanthodi Fatimath Nadiya, and bus driver Palliyalthodi Ithishan, 22….”
“….Last Friday, eight members of a family from Vallikkunnu were killed when a bus rammed an autorickshaw at Mukkola, near Tanur.
The Road Accident Action Forum (RAAF) demanded that a thorough investigation be conducted into the increasing incidents of accidents in the district. It said speeding and carelessness were the main causes of accidents in the district.
The Kerala School Teachers Association (KSTA) expressed grief at the death of students in the accident.”
Saturday, 07 September, 2013 at 03:11 (03:11 AM) UTC RSOE
Four people were killed Sunday morning and another 30 were injured in a collision between a bus and a truck on Highway 6.
The accident took place between the Sorek junction and Kiryat Gat. The highway has been blocked to traffic, and drivers have been asked to use alternate routes. The crash was declared a mass-casualty event. Dozens of paramedics from both MDA and Ichud Hatzala arrived at the scene to assist the injured. Paramedics compared the scene to the aftermath of a terrorist bombing. Twenty people were lightly wounded in the crash, while another 10 suffered moderate-to-serious injuries. An IDF Yassur helicopter flew two people with serious injuries to Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem. Another helicopter took two of the injured to Soroka hospital in Be’er Sheva, while ambulances took one person with serious injuries and another with moderate injuries to Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot. It is not yet clear what caused the crash.
Sunday, 04 August, 2013 at 11:54 (11:54 AM) UTC RSOE
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“The spokesman for the Israeli Emergency Services confirmed that three people died while more than 20 others were injured on Sunday when a garbage truck and a bus collided along route 6 in the southern region of the country. A mass-casualty incident was announced and the injured victims have been shifted to nearby hospitals by ambulances and helicopters. A report posted on the website of Walla! news stated that ten people suffered moderate to serious injuries, while the rest were only slightly wounded. The Transportation Ministry has already dispatched investigators to the scene to determine the cause of the fatal mishap.” – ubalert
Four dead, dozens injured after bus and truck collide
Rescue services say some 35 hurt in accident between No. 377 Metropolin bus and garbage truck on Route 6
Police and rescue personnel seen at the site of an accident that left four people dead and dozens injured after a bus and a garbage truck collided on Route 6, Sunday, August 4, 2013 (photo credit: David Buimovitch/Flash90/timesofisrael )
“Four people were killed and dozens more injured when a bus and a truck collided on a major highway near central Israel Sunday.
Rescue services said some 35 people were hurt, three critically, in the accident on Route 6 near the Sorek interchange outside Gedera.
The Metropolin No. 377 bus was traveling from Rishon Lezion to Beersheba. Pictures from the scene showed a garbage truck on its side near the bus.
An initial investigation indicated that the bus hit the truck, which was standing on the right shoulder of the road, causing both vehicles to overturn.
The accident occurred on the southbound lane of the Trans-Israel Highway. Traffic on the southbound side of the highway, a major north-south artery, was shut down.
Several ambulances and helicopters responded to the scene. Magen David Adom head Eli Bean said rescue services had a difficult time responding to the scene because of the traffic jam formed behind the accident. Officials requested that drivers find alternative routes.
The injured were taken to area hospitals.
The cause of the accident, which occurred just after 1 p.m., was not immediately clear.
A garbage truck lies on its side after a lethal collision with a bus on Route 6, Sunday, August 4, 2013 (photo credit: David Buimovitch/Flash90)
Rescue services at the scene of a lethal collision between a bus and a garbage truck on Route 6, Sunday, August 4, 2013 (photo credit: David Buimovitch/Flash90)
NB/SB Texas State Hwy 161 shutdown as crews rescue ‘as many as 40’ from charter bus crash – Texas Charter Bus Overturns in Irving, TX on State Hwy 161 | 40 Trapped inside Bus
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“IRVING, Texas – Rescue crews are on the scene where a charter bus crashed on northbound State Highway 161 near the N. Belt Line Rd. accident in Irving.
The bus is overturned on its side and rescue crew members are currently pulling out trapped passengers. Other passengers are being treated on areas to the side of the wreckage. Both northbound and southbound lanes of 161 have been shut down.
“All I really saw from the distance was a bunch of smoke,” said a witness who was driving on the southbound lanes of 161. “The bus must have hit something, turned on its side, crashed and slid all the way to the guardrail.”
The witness said he saw one person trapped underneath the bus.He said rescue crews came to the scene about four to five minutes after the bus crashed.
Several ambulances and one CareFlite helicopter are at the scene. It is unknown how many people were injured in the crash.” – newswatchstation
Two people are dead after a charter bus crashed in Irving this morning on State Highway 161 and Belt Line Road.
The Cardinal Coach Line bus was headed to the Choctaw Casino in Oklahoma.
The bus had just picked up some passengers at a supermarket in Hurst and was headed to the casino.
Witnesses say the bus may have blown a tire.
People driving along the highway stopped their cars and rushed to help those just minutes after the crash.
” Most of the people we pulled out were in shock, they’re just crying, we were just trying to get them out and calm them down,” said Robert Hare.
“It was just people stacked on top of each other and the bus, it was three seats and the aisle was on the bottom, so all three seats feel into the aisle and they’re on top of each other,” said Ed Cluck.
Emergency workers used the emergency exits on top of the bus to pull passengers from the vehicle.
At least 16 people have critical injuries from the accident. Forty people were on board.
Witnesses say many of those on board were not wearing seat belts.
Several fire departments from the surrounding area are on the scene to help the injured.
Careflight was called in to get to those with the most serious injuries.
Many of the injured are headed to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, the Las Colinas Medical Center in Irving and Baylor Hospital in Irving.
Cardinal Coach Line is based in Mansfield.” – myfoxdfw.com
Two Killed, Dozens Injured in Bus Rollover on Bush Turnpike
SH 161 closed, drivers advised to avoid the area for several hours
nbcdfw.com Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 | Updated 11:18 AM CDT
“More than 36 people were injured and two were killed when a private charter bus overturned along state Highway 161/President George Bush Turnpike near Belt Line Road Thursday morning.
Department of Public Safety Trooper Lonny Hashell confirmed two people were killed in the crash. Three dozen people were injured and transported to area hospitals. Officials with the Irving Fire Department said 45 people were on the passenger list.
Sixteen patients are in critical condition while many others suffered only minor injuries, according to emergency crews. The injured are being sent to various Dallas-area hospitals including Baylor Irving Medical Center, Las Colinas Medical Center, Parkland Memorial Hospital and Methodist Hospital in Dallas. The Dallas County medical examiner has also been called to the scene.
Injured passengers who were able to walk were loaded on a DART bus for transport to Baylor Irving Hospital. Baylor staff is calling in extra staff to help deal with the injuries.
Initial reports said the bus rolled over near Belt Line Road and that as many as 40 passengers were trapped inside. Chopper 5 watched from above as firefighters pulled multiple victims out of the bus.
DPS said the bus was traveling northbound on state Highway 161 when the bus drove onto the right side of the road for an unexplained reason. They hit a rubber attenuator and traveled back across all lanes of the turnpike, on to the grassy median, and then ran up and along the middle concere barrier. The bus flipped over and slid on its side.
Fuel spilled from the bus and out onto the roadway. Emergency crews were still cleaning up that spill hours after the crash was reported.
The bus came down on its right side, the same side as the exit doors, trapping passengers inside. Passengers had to use emergency hatches on the roof and push out the windows on the left side of the bus to climb out, or await rescue by passers by or emergency crews.
The National Traffic Safety Board announced they are also launching a team of regional investigators to the scene of the bus crash.
DPS also said the highway will be shut down for several house following the investigation to allow the scene to be cleared and spilled fuel to be cleaned up. Drivers are enouraged to avoid 161 by using state Highway 114, state Highway 183, or Interstate 635.
The charter bus is owned by Cardinal Coach Lines of Mansfield. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, Cardinal Coach Line has not had any accidents, moving violations, or Department of Transportation driver or vehicle out of service orders or violations.
“Bodies Stacked on Top of Each Other”
Passenger Dan Risik tells NBC 5 the charter bus was headed to Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Okla. The bus set out from a Walmart parking lot and was heading north to the casino. After the crash, Risik said people were laying on other people, trapping individuals underneath each other.
Risik said many of the passengers are older individuals, including retirees and senior citizens.
Robert Hare and Ed Couck witnessed the aftermath of the crash and stopped to help injured passengers.
“A lot of people in shock, broken bones,” Hare said. “A couple of people who are dead. They were crushed under the bus.”
“You see this bus on the side of the road, and what can you do?” Hare said. “You just stop, you get out and you do whatever you can to help.”
“Just saw this big white smoke. My first thought it was a street sweeper. Man that’s awfully odd, a street sweeper,” Ed Couck said. “Cars started slowing down and you realized it was a vehicle on its side. And obviously a big one, stopped jumped out and got to the front of the vehicle, you look into see who you could help, and it was just people stacked on top of each other.”
Hare and Couck helped pull passengers from the bus.
“Popped the roof hatches and try to get out everybody we could. It was pretty bad, people screaming. There was obviously a lot of pain. It was bad,” Couck said.
NBC 5 has crews at the scene gathering more information. As this is a developing story, details may change as we receive more information. NBC 5 reporters Ken Kalthoff, Jeff Smith, Keaton Fox, Christine Lee, and editors Greg Janda, Frank Heinz, and others contributed to this story.” – nbcdfw.com
At least 37 people were killed and seven injured when a speeding Mumbai-bound private bus plunged into the Jagbudi River in Ratnagiri district on Tuesday.
(Photo: thehindu.com) Onlookers gather around the bus that fell off a bridge into the Jagbudi river in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district. (Click photo to link to source)
The accident occurred around 3.30 am near Khed when the driver was negotiating a steep turn and lost control over the vehicle, which fell off the Jagbudi bridge from a height of about 40 ft, Khed police station in-charge Mahendra Singh Pardeshi told PTI.
The bus, which was badly damaged, was on its way back from Goa when the mishap took place.
Bodies of 37 passengers have been extricated so far and have been kept at the Khed municipal hospital, where the injured have also been admitted, he said.
The deceased have not been identified yet.
Rescue operations are still on (at time below) and the bus is being retrieved from the river, which has dried up almost, police said. Following the accident, traffic on the Mumbai-Goa Highway was disrupted for nearly four hours.
Tuesday, 19 March, 2013 at 05:54 (05:54 AM) UTC RSOE
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37 killed in Maharashtra bus accident
“A private tourist bus fell off from the bridge, killing 37 passengers and injuring another 15 on Tuesday morning at around 3.30 am, in a worst ever accident on Mumbai-Goa highway.
The bus coming from Goa was heading towards Mumbai. When it reached the bridge over Jagbudi River near Khed in Ratnagiri district, the driver lost his control and the bus landed upside down on a dried patch of the river.” – The Hindu
Mumbai-bound bus meets with accident in Ratnagiri district, 37 killed
“At least 37 people were killed and seven injured when a speeding Mumbai-bound luxury bus plunged into the Jagbudi River in Ratnagiri district in the early hours today.
“No fewer than 20 people yesterday lost their lives in a fatal accident involving a bus and a Golf car along Sokoto-Gusau road in Zamfara State.
According eyewitness account, scores of others also sustained various degrees of injuries.
The bus was said to have left its lane and collided with an oncoming Golf car, thereby, killing 17 people in the vehicles.
Six other people were said to have died when another bus veered off the road and crashed into a nearby bush.
Leadership gathered that some of the victims were rushed to a hospital in Talata Mafara local government area of the state, even as relations of other victims evacuated them to Sokoto.
It was also gathered that the executive governor of the state, Alhaji Abdul Aziz Yari Abubakar, who was at the scene of the accident summoned the officials of Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) at the Government House Gusau to discuss about the accident.
It would be recalled that road users have expressed serious concern over frequent accidents on Sokoto-Gusau road in recent times.”
Tuesday, 20 November, 2012 at 12:07 (12:07 PM) UTC RSOE
Twin road accidents kill 25 in north Nigeria
An official says two road accidents that took place an hour apart have claimed 25 lives on a northern Nigerian road.
At least 25 pilgrims on Friday night are feared to have died as a bus collided with a stationary truck in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh.
Around 60 passengers were on board and were travelling from Sultanpur to Ajmer Sharif.
Chief Development Officer of the district Sukhlal Bharti said 44 passengers of the 54-seater bus, that was carrying 60-70 people, were rescued.
Some pilgrims managed to get out of the bus, said the sources.
Over a dozen pilgrims were taken to hospital. Rescuers, using gas-cutters, were trying to cut open the twisted metal of the bus to pull out bodies or possible survivors from inside the vehicle.
PTI says, at least 20 pilgrims heading towards Ajmer were tonight feared to have charred to death as a bus carrying them collided with a truck and burst into flames at Kotwali Dehat police station of the district, police sources here said.
The bus carrying the pilgrims from Ambedkar Nagar to Ajmer Sharif met with the head-on collision with the truck on Gonda-Bahraich road near Chilwaria village and caught fire at around 2230 hours.
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