Fire in Best Bus in Andheri West – Mumbai ; Blast in Bus due to CNG Gas Leak
Breaking News of the moment comes from Andheri, Mumbai where there was a fire in a BEST Bus. The cause of the fire in this bus was leak of CNG Gas. The 4 Ltd Best Bus left from Oshiwara Depot and on its way near Andheri Driver spotted some leakage and came down to examine [...]
13 dead as Polish bus crashes on German motorway
Berlin/Warsaw, Sep 27 (DPA) Thirteen Polish nationals were killed Sunday when a bus with holidaymakers on board crashed into a motorway bridge on the outskirts of the German capital Berlin. The bus, run by the Polish POL-BUS travel operator, was carrying employees of the forestry office in the western Polish town of Zlocieniec who were [...]
25 children die as school bus falls into river in Pakistan
Islamabad, Sep 21(ANI): At least 25 school children were feared dead on Tuesday when a bus skidded off the road and plunged into the River Jehlum in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). School principal Muhammad Farooq said that 30 to 35 children were in the bus, when the incident took place near Garhi Dopatta, some 25 [...]
Driving ‘bad for long term health’ while journey by bus ‘good for it’
London, Sept 20 (ANI): Driving could lead to long-term health problems, suggests recent research. Dr David Lewis, the psychologist credited with coining the phrase “road rage”, warned stresses such as congestion and delays can raise blood pressure and lead to more serious issues further down the line. However, he said travelling by bus could reduce [...]
India is a safe destination, says Tourism Minister Selja
New Delhi, Sep 20 (ANI): Condemning the firing incident at Delhi”s Jama Masjid on Sunday in which two foreign tourists were injured, Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja today appealed to tourists not to panic by such stray incidents as India is a safe destination. “India is a safe destination and safety and security of tourists [...]
Drunk Brit-Indian school bus driver who sliced roof off double-decker avoids jail
London, Sept 18 (ANI): A British-Indian school bus driver, Gurdeep Singh Sagoo, who drove the double-decker school bus into the underside of a railway bridge in Buckinghamshire in a drunken state just minutes after dropping off 46 school children, has avoided going to jail. According to the Daily Mail, Sagoo was at Reading Crown Court [...]
Pollution levels in Delhi will come down with hybrid buses: Dikshit
New Delhi, Sept.18 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has expressed confidence that pollution levels in the national capital will come down further with the introduction of hybrid buses. Speaking at a function to inaugurate the city”s largest bus transport depot here, Dikshit said the launching of hybrid buses should be seen as a defining [...]
10 to be held accountable for Philippines bus hijack
Manila, Sept.17 (ANI): At least ten civilian and police officials will be held accountable for mishandling a bus hijacking that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead here last month. Last week, Philippines Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said police might have shot some of the hostages during their much-criticized rescue bid. However, at a press [...]
Madhya Pradesh CM announces compensation for victims of Dewas bus accident
Dewas (Madhya Pradesh), Sep 9 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced an ex-gratia of Rs. one lakh each to the kin of the deceased and Rs. 10,000 to those injured in Wednesday”s bus accident near Dewas. Over 100 people were travelling in the 52-seater bus, when the bus was swept away [...]
21 dead, 41 rescued in Madhya Pradesh bus accident
Bhopal, Sep 9 (IANS) As many as 21 people were killed and 41 others were rescued when an overcrowded bus fell into Bagdi river in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district, police said. The accident took place late Wednesday when a private bus, on its way to Indore via Chapra from Nemawar, with around 70-80 passengers on [...]
18 dead, 30 missing in Madhya Pradesh bus accident
Bhopal, Sep 9 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed when an overcrowded bus fell into Bagdi river in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district, police said, adding that more than 30 passengers are still missing. The accident took place late Wednesday when a private bus, on its way to Indore via Chapra from Nemawar, with around [...]
27 dead in road accidents in China
Beijing, Sep 4 (IANS) At least 27 people were killed and 36 injured in two road accidents in northeast China Firday, authorities said. In Jilin province, a truck collided with a bus on an expressway near the provincial capital, Changchun, at about 2:50 p.m., leaving 17 people dead and 35 injured, Xinhua reported quoting traffic [...]
Man mowed down by Blueline bus in Delhi
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) A 20-year-old, who was on his way to office, was Wednesday run over by the Blueline bus he was trying to board in north Delhi, police said. The incident took place in the Mall Road area of north Delhi around 9 a.m. when the victim, Sandeep, was trying to step [...]
Child killed as school bus overturns in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Aug 31 (IANS) An eight-year-old student was killed and 15 were injured when their school bus overturned in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria district Tuesday, police said. The Norman Public School’s bus carrying around 20 children overturned in the Rudrapur area. ‘Sandeep, a Class four student, died while 15 students suffered multiple injuries. The injured were [...]
40 people travelling from Moradabad to Delhi injured in bus accident
New Delhi, Aug 30 (ANI): At least 40 passengers were injured when a bus rammed into a road divider here in the wee hours of Monday. The injured have been admitted to nearby hospital, where condition of two is said to be serious. “The reason of the accident was an Indica car came in the [...]
42 killed in Ecuador bus accident
Quito, Aug 30 (IANS) At least 42 people were killed and 11 injured Sunday in Ecuador when a bus carrying 53 passengers fell off a cliff, the Ecuadorian Red Cross said. The accident occurred Sunday morning in the Andean region of Ecuador, Xinhua reported. Most of the injured were in serious conditions and had been [...]
Four die as gunmen attack bus in Philippines
Manila, Aug 26 (IANS) Gunmen in southern Philippines ambushed a passenger bus early Thursday, killing four people, including two police officers, police said. The attackers flagged down the bus in the township of Kapatagan and then attacked it, Lanao del Norte province, said an official.
Filipino-German beauty queen killed in accident
Manila, Aug 22 (DPA) A Filipino-German beauty queen and two companions were killed in a road collision in the eastern Philippines, a police spokesman said Sunday. Melody Gersbach, 24, died on arrival at a hospital Saturday shortly after the van she was riding was struck by a passenger bus in Bula town in Camarines Sur [...]
Over 35 killed in Philippines accident
Manila, Aug 18 (IANS) At least 35 people were killed when a bus carrying 47 passengers plunged into a ravine in northern Philippines Wednesday morning. All 35 bodies were retrieved. Six people were seriously injured in the accident which occurred in Benguet province, a police officer said. Rescue and search operations are still going on, [...]
Five killed in Uttar Pradesh road accident
Lucknow, Aug 17 (IANS) At least five people were killed and eight injured early Tuesday when a speeding bus rammed into the tempo carrying them in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, police said. The accident took place in Khatauli area, about 350 km from here, where the bus of the state-owned Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport [...]
