Five killed in Himachal accidentOctober 7th, 2009 SHIMLA - Five labourers were killed when a tipper skidded off the road and fell into a 400-feet gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, police said Wednesday. "Five labourers were killed when the tipper skidded off the road and rolled down into a 400-feet gorge Tuesday night near Manikaran," Superintendent of Police K.K.
Nine killed in Colombia bus accidentOctober 5th, 2009 BOGOTA - Nine people were killed when the passenger bus in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck in southeastern Colombia, police said. The accident took place on the road linking the Colombian towns of Puerto Lopez and Puerto Gaitan Sunday.
8 soldiers killed in Himachal accidentOctober 4th, 2009 SHIMLA - Eight Indian Army personnel were killed in a road accident in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district Sunday evening, police said. "Eight Army personnel were killed this (Sunday) evening when the vehicle in which they were travelling fell into the Satluj river near Tattapani in Shimla district," Superintendent of Police R.M.
19 killed in Peru bus accidentAugust 23rd, 2009 LIMA - Nineteen people, including three women, were killed Sunday when the bus in which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a ravine in southern Peru, media reports said. The accident occurred near the Quichuas town in southern Huancavelica province.
16 killed, 40 injured in Pakistan road accidentAugust 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 16 people, including four children, were killed Wednesday when the passenger bus in which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a gorge in northwest Pakistan, TV reports said. The accident occurred in the Mansehra area.
11 killed in China road accidentAugust 16th, 2009 HEFEI - Eleven people were killed and three others injured Sunday when a truck rammed into a bus from behind in China's eastern Anhui province, the police said. The accident took place at about 4.10 p.m.
22 killed in Panama road accidentAugust 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.
Police: Heavily armed mob kills noted geologist in southeastern KenyaAugust 13th, 2009 Police: Mob kills noted geologist in KenyaNAIROBI, Kenya — Assailants armed with arrows, spears and machetes killed a Scottish-born geologist in an apparent dispute over mining rights in southeastern Kenya, police said Thursday. Campbell Bridges, 72, was attacked by about a dozen people Tuesday after stopping to remove a log on the road as he drove to a camp in a mining area near Tsavo West National Park, said local Deputy Police Chief John Leshindoro.
Police: Heavily armed mob kills world famous geologist in southeastern KenyaAugust 13th, 2009 Police: Mob kills famous geologist in KenyaNAIROBI, Kenya — Assailants armed with arrows, spears and machetes killed a Scottish-born geologist in an apparent dispute over mining rights in southeastern Kenya, police said Thursday. Campbell Bridges, 72, was attacked by about a dozen people Tuesday after stopping to remove a log on the road as he drove to a camp in a mining area near Tsavo West National Park, said local Deputy Police Chief John Leshindoro.
Three merchant navy personnel killed in road accidentAugust 4th, 2009 BHOPAL - Three merchant navy personnel, who had come to Madhya Pradesh's Indore town to attend a marriage ceremony, died in a road accident in Bhanwarkuan area of the district, police said Tuesday. The dead included the bride's brother, Sameer.
37 killed in Zimbabwe road accidentAugust 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.
Police: buses collide in southwestern Kenya, killing 22July 22nd, 2009 22 killed in road accident in KenyaNAROK, Kenya — A bus driver swerved at a sharp corner and collided with another bus in southwest Kenya, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens, police said Wednesday. The buses collided late Tuesday at Ntulele, about 11 miles (17 kilometers) from the town of Narok, said Charles Owino Okweya, the Narok police chief.
Police: taxi minivans collide in southwestern Kenya, killing 21July 22nd, 2009 21 killed in road accident in KenyaNAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's top traffic police officer says two minivans have collided in southwestern Kenya, killing 21 people. Traffic Commandant James Adoli says the minivans were on the road to Kisii, a major town in southwestern Kenya, when they crashed late Tuesday.
12 killed in Bolivia bus accidentJune 12th, 2009 LA PAZ - Twelve people have been killed and several others injured when the bus in which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a deep ravine in Bolivia. The accident occurred Thursday in the central Bolivian region of Cochabamba.
At least 29 killed in Kenya road accidentJanuary 18th, 2009 NAIROBI - At least 29 people were killed and 24 others seriously injured Monday when a truck collided head on with a bus in Kenya, the police said. The accident occurred shortly after midnight on the main road between the capital Nairobi and the coastal town of Mombasa.