22 killed in Panama road accident

October 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.

October 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.

October 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.

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 18th, 2009 FATEH JHANG - Seventeen people were killed and 55 others wounded Friday in a head-on collision between two passenger buses in eastern Pakistan, a media report said. The accident occurred on the Pindi-Kohat road in the Fateh Jhang tehsil of the Punjab province, the Online news agency reported.

September 13th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Four people were killed and six critically injured when a sports utility vehicle (SUV) jumped over the road divider and hit a car near here Sunday evening, police said. The accident took place barely two kilometres from the Amausi airport on the Lucknow-Kanpur national highway, halting the traffic on the busy road for about an hour.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - The world's most expensive hat, a Montecristi Panama, is all set to be sold for a whopping sum of 100,000 dollars. Known simply as "The Hat", the Panama has been made using the finest toquilla straw by master weaver Simon Espinal.

August 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.

August 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.

August 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.

August 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.

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.

July 4th, 2009 PANAMA CITY - A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Panama capital Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake occurred at 1.49 a.m.

July 4th, 2009 BANGKOK - Twenty-six people were killed Saturday in a pile-up involving a passenger bus and six cars on a highway in southern Thailand, the police said. The accident occurred at around 2.00 a.m.

June 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.