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7 killed, 48 injured in bus-lorry collision

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December 17, 2011

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Hiriyur, December 17: Seven persons were killed and 48 injured in a road accident between a private bus and a lorry near Yaraballi village in Hiriyur taluk in Chithradurga district on Friday morning.

Among the seven, five died on the spot and the other two died at the hospital.

The dead are - physical education teacher of National Academy School of Hiriyur, Shridhar (33) from Jadekunte village, Veerupaksha (35), a worker from Surya Lodge in Hartikote village, a hotel worker from Hartikote village, Shrinivas (34), Mamatha (14) from Anesidri village, Kariyappa (45), also from Anesidri village and Shruthi (21) from Belagere village. The identity of the lorry cleaner, who was also killed in the accident, is yet to be ascertained.

Seriously injured

Lakshmi (16) from Gollahalli, studying in Government PU College from Chitradurga and Nagamma from Yaraballi village are seriously injured. As many as 48 people have been injured. Among them, 35 were shifted to the district hospital after administering the first aid, the police said.

According to eye witness Gangadharappa from Nayakanahatti village, the accident occurred due to negligence of the bus driver. The driver, in order to overtake the lorry ahead of him, did not see oncoming lorry. The left portion of the bus has been completely smashed.

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Agencies
August 9,2020

Vijayawada, Aug 9: The number of those killed in the fire at a hotel being used as a COVID-19 facility in Vijayawada rose to 10 on Sunday, said Vikrant Patil, Deputy Commissioner of Police.

Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh government announced Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia each to the families of those who lost their lives in the incident.

According to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (CMO), Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy also ordered an in-depth probe into the accident and directed authorities to take steps to ensure better medical services to the victims of the accident.

"The hotel was taken on lease and run by Ramesh Hospitals, a private hospital where COVID-19 patients were being treated. 40 patients and 10 medical staff were at the hotel at the time of the incident. 

Officials were directed to launch immediate rescue measures," said Mekathoti Sucharitha, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi also condoled the loss of the lives in the fire mishap and spoke to Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy over the phone and enquired about the accident.

The mishap took place in hotel Swarna Palace which was taken on lease and run by a private hospital for COVID patients.

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April 5,2020

Nagpur, Apr 5: A 23-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Imambada area in Nagpur on Saturday due to financial distress, police said.

Nikhil Gavhane, who worked in a grocery shop, hanged himself as he had taken money from a person and was stressed over repayment, an official said.

"He was depressed since a week," the Imambada police station official said.

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March 15,2020

Mumbai, Mar 15: Three suspected coronavirus patients who were quarantined left a government hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district on Saturday evening without informing anybody, the police said.

By late night, however, two of them returned to the Ahmednagar district civil hospital. Search was on for the third patient, a Topkhana police station officer said.

Earlier, two women and a man admitted to an isolation ward of the district hospital in Ahmednagar, left without informing the doctors, an officer said.

The civil surgeon contacted the Tophkhana police station in Ahmednagar city and sought polices help in tracing these persons, whose medical reports are awaited, the official added.

A person in Ahmednagar district is among the 31 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Maharashtra.

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