Sunday, November 2, 2008

SUNDAY

India bus crash kills 23
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
India accounts for some 10 per cent of the 1.2 million fatal road accidents worldwide each year. They claimed over 130000 lives in India in 2007, ...
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Two dead, two critically injured in separate northern BC accidents
AOL Canada - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Two people died Saturday after a head-on collision on Highway 97 south of Fort Nelson - just 10 kilometres north of an accident involving a Greyhound bus ...
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2 killed, 37 hurt in road crash
Arab News - Jeddah,Saudi Arabia
As many as 29 passengers have died and 45 injured in road accidents in Wadi Dela this year alone. Last year, three people died and five were injured, ...
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7 killed in State transport bus-Jeep road accident in Kutch
DeshGujarat - Ahmedabad,Gujarat,India
This time accident happened in Kutch at around 3.30 pm when state transport bus on Bhuj-Koteshwar route collided with Ravapar’s jeep near Matano Madh. ...
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1 killed, 8 others hurt in two road accidents
Philippine Star - Manila,Philippines
In Argao town, a 65-year-old Carl Henrik Amonsen, a native of Norway, died on the spot due to severe head injuries when a speeding 8 Brothers Bus driven by ...
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Bus accident in Egypt kills 6, 26 injured
By Ben Morales-Correa
Egypt has a history of serious bus and car crashes because of speeding, careless driving and poor road conditions, with at least 8000 people killed in accidents in 2006, the most recent statistics available. BBC News.
Egypt Then and Now - http://allaboutegypt.org/
Daily Crime Incidents for November 01,


2008
By spdk(spdk)
A case of Fatal Road accident has been registered Puttur Town Police Station. On 31/10/2008 at 1630 hrs on NH 48 at Gadiyara Kidila village Puttur Taluk one Sharadha (55) a passenger of the KSRTC bus bearing Reg. No. ...
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Elderly bus crash victims 'remained calm'
ABC Online - Australia
A volunteer ambulance officer who helped rescue 37 people after their tourist bus crashed in Western Australia's south west says nobody panicked during the ...
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Police: teen fires BB gun at bus
Bethany Beach Wave - Bethany Beach,DE,USA
The Delaware State Police responded to Power Plant and East Diamond roads at 7 am following a 911 call that reported shots were fired at a bus. ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Bus driver 'had nowhere to go'
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
By MAIKE VAN DER HEIDE - The Marlborough Express | Thursday, 30 October 2008 NOTORIOUS CORNER: A car collided with a school bus carrying about 30 children ...
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Investigation begins into WA bus crash
ABC Online - Australia
Western Australian Police have begun investigations into the cause of a tourist bus crash that killed an elderly woman. A bus carrying 36 passengers from a ...
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New bus strike sparks concern
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
By Heinz de Boer Municipal bus drivers are back at work, but remain poised to walk off the job if sensitive negotiations again break down in the next three ...
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Did Rahul Raj shoot at passenger?
Times of India - India
Narrating the sequence of the shoot-out incident, the report sent by Maharashtra DGP control room said that when the bus (route no 332) reached near Bail ...
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Snow traps tourist buses in Sally Gap
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland
Tour bus companies contacted by The Irish Times said they did not have any information that their vehicles had been involved in the reported incidents. ...
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Bus services curtailed after attack on driver
Northside People - Dublin,Ireland
DUBLIN BUS has withdrawn two night services from the Southside because of ongoing incidents of unruly behaviour. Services after 8.30pm on the number 10 and ...
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Spinal Column Online
School districts say crime, safety stats can be misleading
Spinal Column Online - Waterford,MI,USA
... 29 physical assaults at Western High School, 21 bus accidents at Northern High School and 22 incidents of illegal possession at Western High School. ...
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Death of UP youth: Shivraj Patil speaks to Maha CM
Press Trust of India - New Delhi,India
... the incident, which came close on the heels of the death of Rahul Raj, a youth from Patna, who was shot dead by the police in a Mumbai bus on Monday. ...
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Torching of bus condemned
E-Pao.net - Manipur,India
Assam, Manipur and Nagaland Governments should take up security measures to avoid untoward incidents between the communities, Joushua warned. ...
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Lynching: Lalu threatens to cancel trains
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
"If this violence continues, we will have to consider that in future we might have to cancel trains in states where these incidents occur," Lalu Prasad said ...
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Zeliangrong bodies condemn killing of two Zeliangrongs in bus fire
KanglaOnline - Kangla,Manipur,India
The union expressed its grief and shared the sorrow of the bereaved families of the Ragailong blast and the Khatkhati bus incidents. ...
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BBC News
Girl 'terrified' by bus hijacking
BBC News - UK
A 15-year-old girl has described the "terrifying" moment a bus was hijacked in County Armagh on Wednesday night. It happened during trouble in Craigavon ...
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Strangers approaching San Jose students prompts school to alert ...
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
The bus driver, in turn, reported the incident to school authorities who logged a complaint with police and decided to use a system called Connect-ED to ...
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Mom makes human shield at bus stop: Says folks aren't stopping ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Burtner said she has witnessed many other incidents of motorists not respecting the school bus' flashing red lights and its stop signs. ...
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Police and young woman fight at West Bus Station
AntiguaSun - St' John's,Antigua and Barbuda
Reportedly, it is not the first time that such incidents have occurred at the West Bus Station. Many people operating at that terminal are blaming the ...
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No injuries in school bus crash
A San Angelo Independent School District bus carrying 57 students, 3 teachers and 1 student teacher was involved in a collision at about 11 am Monday, a school district representative said.
School Safety News - Last 25 Incidents - http://www.schoolsafetynews.com/

Daily Crime Incidents for October 23, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
On 22/10/2008 at 0800 hrs near Horticulture junction at Bendoor Mangalore one Alwin Rodrigo’s driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-A-004 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against one Pebin Paul a pedestrian and ...
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Police Incident Report: Oct. 9 to 15
By Shore Publishing
A school bus driver reported a vehicle operator for passing the bus with red lights flashing and children exiting, North River Street. Police were given the vehicle’s license plate number. • Police assisted State Police by responding to ...
Guilford Courier - http://zip06.theday.com/blogs/guilford_courier/default.aspx

New Vision
Two die, 15 injured in city bus accident
New Vision - Kampala,Uganda
The accident, which occurred shortly after 5:00pm, happened when the bus’ braking system failed as it entered the city centre using the Namirembe Road slope ...
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Bus Accidents
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
It should be noted that, despite measures predating the 2002 report, litigation in school bus accidents has been somewhat common, particularly in relation ...
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Police Watch Bus Routes
WHSV - Harrisonburg,VA,USA
Area police are on the lookout for reckless drivers in the mornings and afternoons after several school bus accidents already this fall. ...
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School accidents cost councils over £10k
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough,UK
Stockton Council paid £2500, while Redcar and Cleveland Council did not make any compensation payments for accidents at school. A survey by the TaxPayers’ ...
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Bus teens demand 'fair deal' on fares
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough,UK
TEENAGERS in East Cleveland have made a plea for a "fare deal" on bus travel. The East Cleveland Youth Forum took their campaign - Fairer Fares for Young ...
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Taipei honors star bus and taxi drivers
Taipei Times - Taiwan
By Mo Yan-chih Lin Chien-ru (林建儒) became a bus driver because he did not want a nine-to-five job, and his patience and passion for his job has made him ...
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Daijiworld.com
Mangalore: City Bus Knocks SCS Staff Nurse to Death - Students ...
Daijiworld.com - Mangalore,India
SCS student Febin Paul was on his way to the Hospital when a city bus knocked him down at Mother Theresa Convent Road. He died on the spot. ...
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Straits Times
Bus giants fined again for lapses
Straits Times - Singapore
Buses also cannot be more than 95 per cent full during peak hours. Other standards pertain to service information, breakdowns and accidents. ...
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Killer wheels retreaded and resold
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
The two most fatal bus accidents this year involved vehicles with retreaded tyres. One of them was last month, when an overcrowded private bus crashed into ...
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DSM buses to eliminate left turns
Chicago Tribune - United States
A study by the Transit Cooperative Research Program indicates that 69 percent of bus-pedestrian accidents involved a bus that was turning left.
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SUV collides with school bus
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide - Ketchum,ID,USA
Gunter said the bus sustained little to no damage, but the Jeep suffered extensive damage, which he estimated at about $10000. While school bus accidents in ...
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