Articles about Accidents
17 Sep 2021
Mumbai: Fourteen workers injured as girder of under-construction flyover collapses
At least 14 workers were injured after a girder of an under-construction flyover at MTNL junction in suburban Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai collapsed early on Friday, civic officials said.
18 Aug 2021
Gujarat: Two killed in accident; two drown during religious event
Two people were killed when a car hit them in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, while, two persons drowned in a river during a religious program in Anand district on Wednesday, the police said.
16 Aug 2021
Himachal Pradesh landslide: Death toll climbs to 25
Two more bodies were recovered on Monday from the site of the landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district, taking the death toll to 25, a senior official said.
14 Aug 2021
Kinnaur landslide: Six more bodies recovered; toll rises to 23
Six more bodies were recovered from the site of the landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district, taking the death toll to 23 on the fourth day of rescue and search operations on Saturday, a senior official said.
12 Aug 2021
Himachal landslide: Death toll reaches 13; search underway for missing
The death toll in the Himachal Pradesh landslide climbed to 13 on Thursday after more dead bodies were recovered early morning.
11 Aug 2021
Noida: Construction worker dies of electric shock, colleagues vandalize property
A 19-year-old worker died allegedly due to electric shock at a construction site in Greater Noida, with some anguished laborers on Tuesday vandalizing the builder's property, police officials said.
09 Aug 2021
Gujarat: Eight killed, two injured as truck rams into hut
Eight people were killed and two others seriously injured when a truck rammed into a hut in which they were sleeping in Gujarat's Amreli district on Monday.
19 Jul 2021
One killed, others feared trapped in building collapse in Gurugram
A worker died and six others were feared trapped after a three-story building collapsed in Haryana's Gurugram district on Sunday evening, officials said.
16 Jul 2021
MP well collapse: Three bodies retrieved; search operation on
Three bodies have been recovered from the well in which several people fell while trying to rescue a teenager, who had fallen into it the previous night in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said on Friday.
13 Jul 2021
Mumbai: Under-construction shed collapses at INS Hamla; 11 laborers injured
Eleven laborers were injured after a part of an under-construction shed collapsed at the INS Hamla, a naval base at Marve in Malad area of Mumbai, a civic official said on Tuesday.
30 Jun 2021
Three killed, one injured as lift crashes at construction site
Three laborers were killed and one was injured after an open lift fell from height at a DDA construction site in Dwarka's Sector-14 on Tuesday, police said.
18 Apr 2019
Iron rod passed through this man's skull, he miraculously survived
A 21-year-old construction worker, Sanjay Bahe, miraculously survived even though an iron rod went straight through his skull yesterday.
13 Jan 2019
Coal mine collapses in China, at least 21 workers killed
Twenty-one workers were killed after a roof collapsed at a coal mine in northwestern China yesterday afternoon.
09 Jan 2019
Deadly roads: Gurugram registers 442 road-accident deaths in 2018
As many as 442 people lost their lives in 1,214 road accidents in 2018 in Gurugram, a senior police official said yesterday.
04 Jan 2019
Dense fog leads to vehicle pile-up in outer-Delhi, several injured
Several people were injured yesterday in a pile-up of 25 vehicles due to dense fog on the Kanjhawala-Bawana road of outer Delhi, police said.
03 Jan 2019
Himachal: 5 students among 7 injured as school bus overturns
Seven persons, including five students, were injured after a private school bus overturned in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district today.
03 Jan 2019
Nine, including seven children, die as boat capsizes in Odisha
The death toll in the boat capsize incident in the Mahanadi river reached nine today, as eight more bodies were recovered in Odisha's Kendrapara district, officials said.
02 Jan 2019
Danish train accident: 6 passengers killed, several others injured
Six people were killed in a train accident today on a Danish bridge linking the central islands of Zealand and Funen, according to the rail operator.
01 Jan 2019
8 tips to drive safely on foggy roads during winters
More than 9,000 car accidents happen in India, every year, on account of fog.
31 Dec 2018
#PolicyExplainer: Everything you should know about government's Suraksha Bima Yojana
Having a personal accident and disability insurance cover has become a necessity for financial security in case of disability or death in road accidents.
27 Dec 2018
35 students planning to join PM's rally injured in bus-accident
As many as 35 students of a computer training center, on their way to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Dharamshala, were injured when their bus overturned in Jawali sub-division of Kangra district this morning, a district official said.
27 Dec 2018
Kochi: Two Navy personnel killed in hangar door collapse
In a tragic incident, two Indian Navy sailors were killed on Thursday when the heavy door of a helicopter hangar fell on them at the Southern Naval Command's base in Kochi.
26 Dec 2018
Heroic act: Auto-driver sacrifices own life to save woman, child
Little did auto-rickshaw driver Pawan Shah know that jumping into a canal in Delhi to save the lives of a woman and her baby would turn fatal for him.
24 Dec 2018
J&K: 1 killed, 34 ITBP personnel injured in bus accident
One person was killed and 34 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel were injured when a bus carrying them skidded off the road and fell into a gorge along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway today, police said.
23 Dec 2018
Mumbai: 3 killed, 8 injured as under construction structure collapses
At least three people were killed and eight others injured in Mumbai when a two-story under-construction structure in a chawl collapsed this morning, police said.
23 Dec 2018
Russian mine fire: Nine workers feared dead in Solikamsk
Nine workers were feared dead yesterday after a fire in a Russian potash mine in the Urals town of Solikamsk, local officials said.
22 Dec 2018
Nepal: Bus carrying college students falls into gorge, 23 killed
A bus carrying college students and their teachers back from an educational trip veered off a mountainous road and plunged into a ravine in Nepal, killing 23 people and injuring 14 others.
20 Dec 2018
Caught-on-cam: Driver breaks rule, doesn't stop, drags traffic-cop on bonnet
In yet another incident which highlights road rage in Delhi/NCR, a driver dragged a traffic cop on his car's bonnet for 100 meters after he was pulled up for breaking the rule.
14 Dec 2018
Meghalaya: At least 13 feared dead inside illegal 'rat-hole' mine
In an unfortunate incident, at least 13 coal miners are feared dead, after they got trapped in an illegal 'rat hole' coalmine in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills.
14 Dec 2018
Uttarakhand: Five killed, 12 injured in two road accidents
Five persons were killed and twelve injured in two separate road accidents in Uttarakhand yesterday.
19 Nov 2018
#SpinechillingFootage: Driver's racing-car flies after accident in Macau Grand Prix
In a horrifying incident, a teenage German driver crashed her vehicle in the Macau Grand Prix's Formula Three final, flew in the air, and fractured her spine.
