Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

top
Map of India showing Suraj district in Gujarat state were a track collided with a tractor leaving 15 people dead.

World

Out-of-control truck kills 15 on Indian roadside

Map of India showing Suraj district in Gujarat state were a track collided with a tractor leaving 15 people dead. © AFP

Ahmedabad, India, Jan 19 – An out-of-control dumper truck crushed fifteen people to death as they slept by the roadside early Tuesday in western India, authorities said.

The dead included a baby girl, eight women and six men, said police official Usha Rada in the Suraj district of Gujarat state. Six others were injured.

The truck collided with a tractor carrying sugarcane just after midnight at a crossroads.

“The dumper driver… lost control of the vehicle and went off the road, crushing labourers sleeping on the roadside,” deputy police superintendent C M Jadeja said.

Police said that the drivers of both the dumper truck and the tractor have been arrested.

High-speed vehicles jostling with motorbikes, pedestrians and cyclists combine with poor infrastructure and poorly maintained vehicles to make India’s roads treacherous.

In 2019 more than 150,000 people died — 410 every day or 17 an hour — in almost half a million accidents, according to the government.

On Monday, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated Road Safety Month, saying that the government aimed to halve road deaths and accidents by 2025.

About The Author

Comments
Advertisement

More on Capital News

County News

The high rate of accidents in Kenya lately have raised serious concerns.

Top stories

The students were returning to Nairobi from a trip in Mombasa.

EDUCATION

Kipsang urged Parliament to increase the blocked figure from Sh65 billion, to match the Sh22,224 capitation requirement per student for 4.2 million students in...

NATIONAL NEWS

The President also said the Executive will work with Parliament to ensure that this year's budget allocation is both prudent and accountable.

County News

Maribe, who secured an acquittal in February after a 6-year murder trial that saw her ex-boyfriend 'Jowie' Irungu convicted and sentenced to death, promised...

NATIONAL NEWS

The weather agency listed Turkana, Samburu, Marsabit, Mandera, Wajir, Isiolo, Garissa, Tana River, Lamu, Kilifi, Nairobi, Bungoma, Kakamega, Busia, Vihiga and Narok among counties...

County News

The agency said it was pursuing a third suspect who escaped the operation supported by police in Isebania.

NATIONAL NEWS

Justice Kanyi Kimondo issued the directive on Monday when he deferred a scheduled hearing after the State failed to present a pre-bail report.