Vinayraj Singh of MP crashed his white Maruti Suzuki Brezza on 2020-06-24

One Vinayraj Singh of Sardarpur and/ or Rajod in Madhya Pradesh crashed his white Maruti Suzuki Brezza Vitara on some National Highway on Wednesday 2020-06-24. He came out unscathed. He posted the photos of the damaged car on the NH with the caption on social media on 2020-06-25: 

"Yesterday the accident happened, now what to do next, please give some suggestion..😢😢" 

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My response: 

You just posted a couple of photos and went silent. Do you want us to cry or sob with you? 

These incomplete communications are extremely irritating. 

Where did it happen? 

How did it happen? 

It is clear that the car went right through the cut in the median divider and onto the the middle of the lane with oncoming traffic. 

Having seen over 45 winters & summers on Indian roads and a logical marketing professional, I have this feeling that the car was at very high speed. Suddenly there were some obstructions on the way of the car. To save a sure crash, you swerved right, still hit the median divider (because of which the front and rear axles twisted and the left side bore the maximum brunt) and stopped in the middle of the opposite flank. 

You are lucky that there were no oncoming vehicles. 

You would have killed yourself and people in other oncoming vehicles, too. 

I know that you will never agree that you were at a high uncontrollable speed or were inattentive. 

The other possibility is that the driver fell asleep. 

To an extent of 90%+ accuracy, I am certain that either of this is what caused the crash. You were obviously NOT #HighOnCognition". 

You will claim insurance and as a result of which all Indians will have to pay a few paisa or rupees more in insurance premium next year. 

On 2019-07-11, you posted a photo of yourself on the wheels of the Brezza with the caption, TEST LIFE IN STYLE. So you did it. I only hope nobody else got hurt! 

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Car flips over Biodiversity Flyover in Gachibowli, Hyderabad on 2019-11-23

A horrifying accident took place on Hyderabad's newly-opened Biodiversity Flyover in Gachibowli on Saturday, 2019-11-23 after a man lost control on his VW Polo GTI car and fell off the bridge. CCTVs captured the sequence of events on the flyover and below it. The driver of the car is safe. However, a lady pedestrian standing with her daughter was killed and six others were injured.

The flyover has been temporarily closed down after the accident.

Skip to 35 seconds to watch the car speeding on the flyover and flipping over after the sharp curve.

This is the second major accident to take place on the flyover since it was inaugurated on November 4, 2019 by Municipal Minister KT Rama Rao.

Earlier, two were killed while four suffered injuries when 28-year-old techie, P Abhilash, was driving his car at a high speed.

When cops subjected him with a breathalyser test, Abhilash's blood alcohol content was 223 mg/100ml, which is seven times higher than the permissible limit.
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* Mishap And Calamity

Accidents caused by distractions due to mobile phones

Accident caused by faulty floor mat

Asif dies after crashing into rear of stationery truck near Dankuni toll plaza (Kolkata outskirts) on 2018-05-06 morning

Momentary road rage and distraction snubs out another life on NH19 (Durgapur Expressway), near Dankuni Toll Plaza, outskirts of Kolkata on Sunday, 2018-05-06 early morning.

It's lack of modesty, cognitive powers & education which results in all these.
I'd like to add that a B.Tech, MBA, BBA, MCA degree stashed away in the almirah is not proof of being educated always.
Those pieces of certificates are the real cause of unfounded ego.
Their parents, grandparents, in-laws, near relatives, neighbours pump up their ego to such dizzying heights, that they start believing that they can literally walk through a concrete wall or gain access to the stars & the moon.
They have this air of knowing everything under the sun & moon.
They don't want to hear no for an answer!

When & how will this procession of death stop?
Collective involvement is the pressing need of the hour.

A mighty fall on 2018-04-05 has left me in immense pain. Too bad for me

At around 2.15pm on 2018-04-05 Thursday, I (Deep Banerjee, Founder - IndianRoadie)  suffered a mighty fall after skidding on the tram tracks exactly in front of Crown Cinema on Rafi Ahmed Kiwai Road, Kolkata. 
I am in immense pain. Feeling terribly worried about the frightful swelling above the cuts on the sheen, a little below the knee.
The attached pictures say it all.
My 27 yrs old faithful on two small wheels faced the music, too.

All this happened thanks to the privileged class of Wasted Bengal whose youngsters triple ride bikes without helmets and that too on major 'one way' main thoroughfares. They come pelting down at you in the wrong direction. The onus is on us to stay clear of them.

Not a single police officer or even a civic police is seen on these roads to book errant traffic rule breakers.
The Queen who rules West Bengal will never want those rogues on bikes (with assured vote bank demographics) to be punished for obvious reasons.

Salt laden truck falls on Maruti Swift leaving 5 passengers dead in Jaipur

A salt laden overloaded truck fell over a car in the wee hours of Tuesday, 2017-06-06. The accident happened at the Chomu Circle area near Jaipur, Rajasthan. 

The 18-wheel truck that weighed about 46 tonne overturned while taking a turn. The Maruti Swift car was parallel to the truck when the incident happened. The truck was carrying sacks of salt which completely covered the Swift.

Local police say that the car remained under the truck for nearly three hours. No one knew about the car till a crane came and lifted the truck from the spot. The accident took place at 4 AM, but the flattened Swift was discovered only at 6 AM. By then, all the passengers were dead.

“At first, we thought it was a simple case of an overloaded truck turning turtle due to a sharp turn, however, when we lifted the truck, we found a car buried under it. The car was completely flattened and the bodies disfigured. It was an arduous task for us to remove the bodies from the car as they were badly trapped,” a police official who was present at the spot told TOI.

There were 5 occupants in the vehicle and all of them were badly disfigured. The family was preparing for a wedding. The engaged couple along with 3 others were on their way to Nahargarh Fort when the accident took place. They had planned to see the sunrise from the fort, which is situated at the top of a hill.

The driver and the helper of the truck fled the spot immediately after the mishap. The cops suspect that the truck was being driven at a high speed and the driver suddenly applied brakes that caused the heavy vehicle to lose balance and turned turtle. The Swift has been transformed into a sheet of metal.

Indian roads are full of overloaded vehicles which pose a great threat to everyone around. It is extremely important to be extra cautious from these slow moving vehicles on the highways. Here are a few things that one can do to avoid such mishaps.

Never drive near overloaded vehicles or goods vehicle, they move slow and are potentially dangerous. While overtaking, do not spend too much time alongside such heavy vehicles, overtake quickly and promptly. If a big vehicle is following your car, give way or drive away from it. Such vehicles have low braking power and can rear-end your vehicle. Never overtake a heavy vehicle on sharp turns and corners. They are prone to tilting on its sides while taking sharp turns. 

Source: Times of India, Hindustan Times, CarTorq.com 

Car skids on oil spill and hits bus in Kamshet Tunnel on Mumbai-Pune Expressway, 5 dies

Four members of a family and a driver from Virar died after the car they were travelling in skid on an oil spill inside Kamshet tunnel on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and rammed a parked luxury bus. Three others were injured in the accident that took place on Sunday 2017-05-07 afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Dattatray Deshmukh (63), his wife Bhagini (60), daughter Rakhee Patil (38), granddaughter Shraddha Patil (19) and car driver Deepak Waghashe. The injured - Dattatray's son Rupesh (34), grandson Om Deshmukh (2) and granddaughter Sanjana Patil (15) - have been admitted to Lokmanya Hospital in Nigdi, Pune. Their condi tion is critical, said Kamshet police sub-inspector Bhosale.The Deshmukhs and Patils were returning home when their car met with an accident.

According to the police, the driver of the luxury bus, which was plying from Pune to Mumbai, noticed a fire in the fuel tank as the vehicle entered the tunnel. He pulled over to the ex treme left inside the tunnel and rushed out to douse the fire. But as a lot of fuel had already spilled on to the road, the Honda Mobilio that was coming from behind the bus at high speed, skid. The driver lost control of the vehicle and it spun and crashed into the bus, said a police officer. Waghashe died on the spot.

“The highway patrol police and IRB rescue team rushed to the spot with an ambulance. All injured passengers were taken to hospital, but four of them were declared brought dead. The three others are in critical condition,“ said Bhosale. “Traffic movement was disrupted for an hour as other motorists slowed down inside the tunnel to look at the mangled car.“

This was the second time in the day that traffic came to a standstill on the same stretch.Around 8.30am, a speeding eggladen truck rammed into a crane near Kamshet tunnel and fell on its side. As the highway patrol police halted traffic on one lane on the Mumbai corridor to wash away the smashed eggs that had made the road slippery , vehicles lined up.

Source: May 08 2017, The Times of India (Mumbai)

Toyota Innova tyre burst kills JNTU VC near Anantpur on NH44 on 2017-02-22

A ghastly accident claimed the lives of the Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University Prof M M M Sarcar, his personal assistant and his driver on 2017-02-22. The accident took place in Pamidi Mandal, about 30 kms from Anantapur on NH-44 (erstwhile, NH7) .

The trio were travelling in a Toyota Innova when one of the front tyres of the car burst. The car was reportedly travelling at over 100 kmph at the time of crash. After the tyre burst, the driver lost control of the car which jumped over the median divider onto the other side of the road where it crashed into a truck that was coming in the opposite direction.

Everything ahead of the B-pillar of the Toyota Innova was crushed. The impact was so severe that all three died almost instantly and a crane had to be called to extract the bodies.

Faulty airbags in Hyundai i20 did not activate even after severe crash on 2017-02-07

" On 7th February 2017 my brother met with a major accident in Noida at 60km/hr after ramming into a truck.

Impact was such that the roof of the car got dismantled after a left side collision.

The car was an Hyundai i20 Sportz 2013 model having 2 airbags in front.
After the crash none of the airbags got activated. If the airbags functioned properly, it could have saved my brother from a head injury and a critical condition he is currently in.

What I want is:

1 proper explanation for failure of airbags in the Hyundai i20.
2 immediate redressal and compensation.

I believed that Hyundai was a step ahead in terms of safety and features in this segment.
My trust has been lost.

Regards,
Owner of 2 Hyundai cars "

P.S: The content has been copied from a post on the Facebook timeline of Hyundai India by Parth Gupta on 2017-02-07.

Attention of Takata Corporation, the manufacturers of the airbags in Hyundai cars has also been drawn.

Airbags not opening up after a collision of this nature can't be justified at all.
Hyundai India should remain with the family of the victim during such distressing times.
Advisory to Indian Roadie fans/ members:
- Say a 'No To Road Rage'.
- While on the road, remain 'High On Cognition'.

Toyota Fortuner (HR 29AK 8001) crash kills all 5 occupants in Himachal Pradesh on 2017-02-10 night

All 5 young males were killed after the white coloured Toyota Fortuner they were driving rolled down the hills into a deep ravine on 2017-02-10 night.

The occupants of the SUV with registration number HR-29AK-8001 was on its way back after a pleasure trip to Barot, Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh.

Shekhar Lamba (Mobile number 9816675135) should be contacted if anybody recognizes the car or has any clues about the identity of the victims.

Accident on NH34 near Jangipur, Murshidabad district, West Bengal kills 9 on 2017-02-10

The procession of death on NH34 seems to be unending.

A collision close to the Ahiran Ganga River Bridge which is near Jangipur in Murshidabad district, West Bengal on 2017-02-10 between a laden multi-axle truck and a smaller truck took away the lives of 9 people.

The approach road to the bridge on both ends are in a pathetic state of disrepair for years at a stretch.

Mayhem and lawlessness on NH34 after bus overturns near Amdanga on 2017-02-12

A passenger bus travelling from Duttapukur, North 24 Parganas district to Mayapur, Nadia district, West Bengal overturned and fell in a ditch near Amdanga on NH34 at 8.30am on Sunday 2017-02-12.

Two passengers died on the spot and over 30 were injured.

Police arrived on the spot soon after the accident. However, they were showered with heavy brickbats by the locals.

What ensured was unprecedented traffic jam and total mayhem for quite some time on NH34. Traffic was diverted via Jessore Road and Kalyani Expressway.

An Indian Roadie fan driving for urgent work towards Ranaghat had to return to Kolkata after aborting the onward journey.

Van carrying CESC poles hit cab in Howrah, contract worker impaled by hook

A 36-year-old CESC contract worker was killed in a freak accident in Howrah (West Bengal) on Thursday (2016-11-24) when he was impaled by a hook used to lock the load deck of the fault-repair van he was travelling on.
The protruding pole hit a taxi, got dislodged and slammed into Uttam Mondal who was sitting in the trailer.Thrown off by the impact, Mondal landed on the hook.

The accident happened on Salkia School Road, hardly 300m from Howrah station around 11.45am while the mini-truck was reversing after refuelling. The end of the poles which were jutting out nearly 12ft-15ft of the van's rear pierced the wind-shield of an AC cab coming from Howrah station. The cabby had a close shave. However, in the impact, the dislodged poles slammed into Uttam Mondal who was on the van, driving him back and into a hook used to lock the deck.

The person was brought dead with all the organs hanging out. The accident was really gory, according to Howrah hospital superintendent Narayan Chakraborty.

Mondal was an employee of Tarakeshwar Electric Co, an electrical contractor firm engaged by CESC to carry out fault repairs. A resident of Purulia, Mondal was seated on the load deck when the van, used to shift electric poles, reached a fuel station. It took several minutes to move the poles and extricate him from the hook. He was then transported to Howrah district hospital where he was declared brought dead. Incidentally , Mondal had only recently attended a safety workshop by CESC.

Ananta Dutta, a witness, was just behind the cab. He saw Mondal in a pool of blood shouting for help but the driver of the van and his co-workers fled. Dutta got off my motorbike and called the police managing traffic on Howrah Bridge. They came, arranged for a three-wheeler and sent him to the hospital. But that took some time and the man couldn't be saved.

A CESC spokesperson said the incident was extremely unfortunate and the company would examine it to check how a repeat can be avoided. In earlier days service vans that attend to fault calls a long bamboo ladder on the roof which jutted out at both ends. However, CESC has scrapped them and introduced aluminium foldable ladders. Unfortunately on Thursday, the contractor was carrying poles that were long.

Crash kills three holidayers driving from Kolkata to Darjeeling on 2016-08-07

A Skoda Rapid car arrying two families from Calcutta to Darjeeling rammed into a roadside tree in Murshidabad on Sunday, 2016-08-07 afternoon, leaving two women and a child dead.

The women who died were Priti Verma, 32, wife of Major Sanjiv Verma, and Ina Tiwary, 30, wife of Major N.R. Tiwary. The other victim - five-year-old Arthav - was Major Verma's son.

Major Verma and Major Tiwari are army doctors. Major Verma is attached to Calcutta's Command Hospital.

Six members of the two families - the two couples, Arthav and the four-year-old daughter of Major Tiwari - were travelling in a Skoda Rapid. The accident occurred at 1pm on the Moregram-Burdwan road near Khargram in Murshidabad, around 200km from Calcutta.

Priti and her son died on the spot, while Ina died at Kandi Sub-Divisional Hospital, around 20km from the accident site.

Major Verma, 37, who was at the wheel, suffered head injuries. He has been admitted to Kandi Sub-divisional Hospital in Murshidabad. Police said a primary investigation revealed that he was the owner of the car.

Major Tiwary, also 37, fractured his left hand and also suffered leg injuries. "He has been referred to Murshidabad Medical College Hospital and Hospital in Behrampore. The major's four-year-old daughter suffered a fracture in her left leg. She has been admitted to the Kandi hospital," a police official said.

Witnesses said the car, with a Madhya Pradesh registration number, was travelling at a high speed when it suddenly swerved off the road and hit a tree. "Going by the damage it suffered, the car must have been travelling at 100kmph," a police officer said.
"We are yet to ascertain why the car swerved off the road. There was apparently no obstruction."
Abid Sheikh, a farmer, was cycling home from Khargram when he heard a loud noise ahead. "I cycled up to the spot and saw a car had dashed against a roadside tree. I and some other local people tried to help the injured, who were groaning," Abid recounted. "One among us alerted Khargram police station about the accident."

In the evening, the doctors' colleagues from Calcutta reached Murshidabad. The survivors are likely to be shifted to Command Hospital in Alipore.
"Major Verma is undergoing postgraduate training at Command Hospital in Calcutta, while Major Tiwary is doing postgraduate training at the Army Research & Referral (R&R) Hospital in New Delhi and was in Calcutta," Wing Commander S.S. Birdi, a spokesperson for the defence ministry in Calcutta said. "Efforts are on to bring the injured and the deceased to the city."

(Source: The Telegraph dated 2016-08-08)
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* Build Quality Of Drivers Brain Matters, 

* Insensitive roadies, 

* Some asses own cars, 

* Some asses deserve public shaming 

Drunk driving kills six at Thirupalaikudi, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu on 2015-04-14

Six people were killed when a car collided with an SUV at Thirupalaikudi in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday (2015-04-14).
Police said five youths were returning to Karaikudi from Rameshwaram when their Maruti Swift car collided head-on with a Bolero SUV. All the passengers in the car were drunk, and police said rash driving under the influence of liquor could be the reason for the accident.
While three people died on the spot, three others succumbed to their injuries later, either on the way to hospital or in hospital.
The deceased include all youths in the car and a person who travelled in the SUV. Another person in the SUV, who sustained injuries, was admitted to hospital.
The deceased and the injured were yet to be identified.

(Source: Times of India)

Mom who lost 17-year-old in accident turns ‘traffic cop’ in Ghaziabad

She isn't a cop and she can't challan traffic offenders. All she has is a stick and a stern demeanour but 57-year-old Dorris Francis knows how important her job is to rush-hour commuters on the accident-prone Aitbaar Pushta intersection at the Delhi-Ghaziabad border on NH24. Dorris lost her 17-year-old daughter, Niki, six years ago after a speeding car crashed into their autorickshaw at this very spot. Months later, the grieving mother took up her "post" to ensure no one else suffered Niki's fate.

For several years now, Dorris has played traffic cop from 7am-10am every day, directing vehicles and pedestrians converging from Khoda, Indirapuram and Delhi. The cut, a few hundred metres from UP gate, is illegal, carved out by local residents who must otherwise take a lengthy detour. Police say each time it is barricaded, local residents break it down. Policemen are deployed at times but when this TOI correspondent visited the intersection on Saturday morning, Dorris was alone at her "post".

Dorris says there has been only one fatal accident here since she took charge, on a Sunday morning when she was at church. It was around eight months ago and one of their neighbours, a woman, was killed. It brought back memories of the morning of November 9, 2008 when Dorris, her husband Victor and daughter Niki were returning home to Khoda in an autorickshaw.

"Niki was ill and we were returning from Delhi after a medical check-up. Just as we turned right towards Khoda, a speeding car hit us. All three of us had to be hospitalized after the accident. Niki sustained severe injuries to her lungs. She languished on a hospital bed for a year before dying of her injuries," recalls Dorris.

Even though she volunteered to do a job the police should've done, there were obstacles in the way. In 2011, barricades were erected at the cut, which is the shortest route thousands of residents from Khoda take to Indirapuram where they do odd jobs to feed their families. "My son was arrested in the fracas. But the issue was resolved after a few compassionate senior police officials and citizens intervened. I got justice," says Dorris, who requested the police not to put up barricades and offered to manage the area herself.

Despite the onslaught of age and ailments, and a severely diabetic husband who is mostly confined to home, Dorris has determinedly carried on. She battles chronic hypertension and suffered from a liver ailment and a blood infection in the past, but nothing can stop her on the job, she says.

Her work has not gone unnoticed. "We appreciate the kind of service Dorris is doing by supplementing the work of police in traffic management. It's always a positive sign if citizens put forth efforts to help cops in policing matters in a constructive manner," said Dharmendra Yadav, SSP of Ghaziabad.

Niki's eight-year-old daughter lives with the couple after her father too passed away a few years ago. Dorris's son, who drives an auto, helps run the family. "Till I have life within me, I will continue with the work. I will ensure that not a single life is lost to rash driving. If God has given me the gift of life, it should be used for the benefit of society at large," she says.

(Source: Times of India, 3rd November 2014)