Multiple fatal road accidents were reported from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Bihar on Sunday. In Maharashtra, 12 people were killed and 23 injured after a collision between a mini-bus and a truck on the Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Expressway. The bus was carrying 35 passengers to Nashik from Buldhana. An investigation into the incident has been ordered.
At least 12 pilgrims killed, 23 hurt, in major accident on Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway at Agarsaigaon in Vaijapur near Aurangabad at 12.30 am last night. 12 people were returning from Buldhana Sailani Bana Dargah to Nashik in a tempo traveller, when it collided with a… pic.twitter.com/Mj9nvI6h2v
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Pained by the loss of lives due to an accident in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. My thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones. I wish the injured a speedy recovery. An ex-grata of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured…
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In Tamil Nadu, 8 people including 2 children died in an accident between a car and truck near Chengam on the Tiruvannamalai-Bengaluru highway. The car occupants were returning to Bengaluru from a temple visit.
VIDEO | Several killed after a car collided with a truck near Pakkiripalayam in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu earlier today. pic.twitter.com/o4NBKSdR7X
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In a third incident in Bihar, 4 people died on the spot and 3 were critically injured after a tourist bus hit an auto-rickshaw on NH-28 in Muzaffarpur district. The auto passengers were residents of Sujawalpur. Angry locals gathered at the accident site but were later pacified by the police.
The three expressway and national highway accidents in different states raise concerns over road safety. Investigations will look into whether overloading or driver negligence were factors. The respective state governments have announced compensation for the victims’ families. Authorities need to increase enforcement to prevent such tragic loss of lives across the country.
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