Speeding truck mows down mother, daughter

October 5th, 2009 Ala. woman lets daughter ride in box on top of vanALBERTVILLE, Ala. — An Alabama woman has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police say she let her daughter ride in a cardboard box on top of their van.

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 14th, 2009 Mother kills daughter, self at nursing homeOAKLAND, Calif. — Police say a woman fatally shot her disabled daughter before taking her own life at an Oakland nursing home.

August 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A seven-year-old girl was crushed to death under the wheels of a speeding truck here, police said Sunday. Isran was returning home with her brother on a bicycle Saturday night when the truck hit them in Mangolpuri area in outer Delhi, a police officer said.

August 8th, 2009 NY man in divorce kills daughter, wife's mom, selfNEW YORK — A man with a shotgun opened fire inside a suburban residence Friday, critically wounding his estranged wife and killing his daughter and mother-in-law before turning the weapon on himself, police said. Officers responding to afternoon calls of a shooting found Mohamed Shojaeifard, 49, and his mother-in-law, Batool Biraman, 66, of Greenvale, dead from shotgun wounds.

July 29th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A mob torched two police posts, a post office and several vehicles after a truck crushed three people to death and injured two dozen more in the main market of Mau town in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, police said. Although officials have confirmed only three deaths, eyewitnesses claim that over a dozen people were killed by the truck allegedly driven by a drunk driver.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two motorcycle riders were crushed to death and another injured when a speeding truck hit them in the national capital Monday night, police said Tuesday. Madan (29) and Lovely (23) were on their way back home when the truck trailing them hit their motorcycle in South Extension area in south Delhi around 10:30 p.m.

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.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A sub-inspector of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed and a head constable injured when a speeding container truck hit their motorcycle from behind in north Delhi, police said Monday. Sub inspector Tejbir, 35, and head constable Sudhir Rana, 30, were returning home on a motorcycle when they were hit from behind by the speeding container truck in the Nangloi area late Sunday.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two members of a family were killed and two other critically injured in the capital when a speeding truck hit the motorcycle they were riding and then ran them over, police said Wednesday. The victims were going to a relative's house to attend a birthday party when the incident took place in Libaspur area of outer Delhi Tuesday night, a police officer said.

March 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An 11-year-old schoolgirl was crushed to death and three students were injured Thursday when a speeding mini truck hit them in northeast Delhi, the police said. Meena, a Class 4 student, was knocked down while her two sisters Savita and Suman - both students of Class 2 - and one of their friends were seriously injured when they were returning from their state-run school in Gokulpuri area around 1 p.m., the police said.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 28-year-old motorcycle rider was mowed down by a speeding tanker at Rohini here Saturday, a police officer said. The incident took place on the road between sectors 6 and 7 in Rohini early morning.

December 26th, 2008 NEW DELHI - Three people were killed in separate road accidents in the capital Saturday. A speeding truck hit a car from behind at Yamuna Vihar area in northeast Delhi early Saturday.

December 23rd, 2008 NEW DELHI - A 34-year-old man was mowed down by a speeding Blueline bus in south Delhi Wednesday. Subodh, who was from Bihar, was going to his work on a bike when he was hit by the bus, plying on route number 425 between Kalkaji and Old Delhi Railway Station.