11 people, including family returning from funeral, killed in truck-bus accident in Zimbabwe

October 13th, 2009 KOLKATA - An agitated mob damaged and set fire to a few vehicles, including a truck which had mowed down an 11-year-old boy in Kolkata's twin district Howrah Tuesday, police said. "The accident took place on the GT Road near Shalimer Gate in Howrah when Gokul Poddar, 11, was returning on a bicycle from tuition," a senior police officer said.

October 12th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A truck driver was killed Monday when his vehicle collided with another truck on a flyover in Ghaziabad that was opened for trial run three days ago, officials said. The accident occurred early Monday when a truck going from the city side to Mohan Nagar collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, police said.

September 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - At least nine people were killed and several others injured Friday when a speeding truck collided with a stationery mini-van in West Bengal's South 24-Parganas district, police said. "Nine people were killed in the road accident near Diamond Harbour area.

September 16th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Six pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh on their way back from Orissa's temple town of Puri were killed when their bus was hit by a speeding truck, police said Thursday. Three more people were critically injured in the incident that took place late Wednesday in Bhadrak district.

September 15th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Six people were killed when a newsprint-laden truck rammed into a tourist bus in Balasore district of Orissa, an official said Tuesday. The truck ran over the six passengers who were buying food after parking the bus on the roadside late Monday.

August 19th, 2009 JAKARTA - At least 25 people were killed and 13 injured when a truck packed with up to 100 people overturned and slipped into a ditch in Central Kalimantan province on the Indonesian part of Borneo Island, a media report said Wednesday. The accident took place Tuesday night when the truck carrying around 100 workers from an oil palm plantation crashed in the district of Sampit, MetroTV reported.

August 14th, 2009 PANAMA - At least 22 people were killed and 18 injured when a passenger bus and a truck collided head on in eastern Panama, media reports said. The accident occurred Thursday night near Pacora town in eastern Panama, the Telemetro TV said.

August 3rd, 2009 40 killed in Zimbabwe bus crashHARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe state radio says a crowded bus slammed into a truck on a stretch of highway notorious for accidents, killing 40 people and injuring another 30. Monday's radio report said the bus swerved to avoid another stationary truck on the southbound highway 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Harare on Sunday.

August 3rd, 2009 40 die in bus Zimbabwe bus crashHARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe state radio says a crowded bus slammed into a truck on a stretch of highway notorious for accidents, killing 40 people and injuring another 30. Monday's radio report said the bus swerved to avoid another stationary truck on the southbound highway 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Harare on Sunday.

August 2nd, 2009 HARARE - Thirty-seven people were killed Sunday when a passenger bus and a truck collided head on in northern Zimbabwe, police said. One of the victims was from the truck, while the rest were from the bus.

June 19th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Eleven members of a family died and two others were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district Friday, police said. The accident occurred on the Mohna Road in Azamgarh district," district police chief Ramit Sharma told IANS on phone.

June 9th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least 10 people, including two women, were killed in Orissa Tuesday when a speeding truck rammed into the jeep in which they were travelling, police said. The accident took place on the National Highway 5, some 35 km from Baripada district headquarters, 270 km from here.

June 9th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least nine people were killed and several others injured when a truck rammed into a passenger-loaded trekker wagon in Orissa's Mayurbhanj district Tuesday, police said. The accident took place near Baripada town in Mayurbhanj, 270 km from here, at around 11.45 a.m.

May 28th, 2009 NOIDA - Seven people including three policemen were killed and 11 others critically injured when a small truck ran over them on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, police said Thursday. The accident occurred late Wednesday when about a dozen policemen and some other people were trying to clear two vehicles from the expressway, that had met with an accident earlier.

April 16th, 2009 HARARE - Twenty-nine people have been killed and 44 others injured when the passenger bus in which they were travelling veered off the road in southern Zimbabwe, a media report said Thursday. The accident occurred Wednesday night on the Harare-Masvingo highway after the driver lost control of the vehicle when one of the tyres burst, ZBC News said.