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Image for the purpose of representation. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J. Seven years after the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act came into force, road-safety experts have called for tighter implementation of safety standards, stricter speed management, and safer infrastructure for pedestrians and other vulnerable road users. The call comes against the backdrop of a high…
The car and water tanker that were involved in Sunday’s accident at Thippampatti. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Five persons, including four of a family, died as the car they were travelling in rammed a stationary water tanker on the Pollachi-Udumalpet stretch of National Highway 83 at Thippampatti on Sunday. The police identified the deceased…
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A truck carrying iron rods and extra passengers overturned on a major highway early Monday (May 25, 2026) in central Bangladesh, leaving at least 15 people dead and 10 others injured, police said. The crash happened after the driver lost control around 5 a.m. at Soratoil area in Tangail district, 83 kilometres (52 miles) northwest…
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New Delhi: About 55.1 per cent of truck drivers in India have compromised vision, while 53.3 per cent require distance vision correction and 46.7 per cent need near-vision treatment, a new report released on Tuesday revealed. The report prepared by IIT Delhi further said that about 44.3 per cent of drivers exhibited borderline or above…
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According to government data, nearly 24,000 people died on Nepal’s roads in the last decade. | Photo Credit: Reuters Death of 27 Indian pilgrims in a bus accident at Abu Khaireni in central Nepal on Friday has once again put the spotlight on the poor road safety record of the country which is already battling criticism…
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