North China expressway accident kills 32
May 23, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
SHENYANG: At least 32 people are dead after a coach and truck collided early Sunday on an expressway in Fuxin City, northeast China”s Liaoning Province.
A spokesman with the Liaoning Public Security Bureau said the accident happened at 3 a.m. when the truck, with an Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region registration, turned the wrong way coming out of a service area.
The two vehicles collided head on and began burning.
Three people on the truck and 28 passengers on the bus died at the scene, he said.
Zhang Zhijing, deputy director of the Zhangwu County People”s Hospital, said the hospital had received 25 injured people from the accident. One of four severely injured people had died.
The coach, with a Tianjin Municipality registration, had 53 people on board. It was en route from Tianjin to Harbin, capital of the northeastern Heilongjiang Province.
Maintenance work was being carried out on the section of the four-lane expressway linking Tieling and Chaoyang cities in Liaoning where the accident happened, according to the local transport authority.
The expressway was cleared and traffic resumed shortly after the crash.
Chen Zhenggao, governor of Liaoning, is on the way to the accident site to oversee the rescue work.
President Zardari to Meet PPP SA Members in Karachi
Karachi, Pakistan News: President Zardari would meet the Sindh Assembly and provincial cabinet members belonging to Pakistan People’s Party on Thursday.
Zardari has postponed his Dubai visit and reached Karachi to hold a meeting in which important decisions about the province are likely to be taken.
The meeting would be held at the Bilawal House, which would also be attended by Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and Speaker Sindh Assembly Nisar Khoro.
Zardari would also attend a meeting held to consider ways to overcome the energy crisis, for which Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf has also been called.
President Zardari to Meet PPP SA Members in Karachi was first posted on December 24, 2009 at 10:22 am.
4 Terrorists Nabbed in Mianwali
Pakistan News: Police have arrested four terrorists and seized as many jackets and heavy amount of explosives from their possession in Mianwali.
Police nabbed a suspect from Gulberg Chowk namely Muhammad Jamil and recovered important documents, videos of suicide bombing from him and held his accomplice Egal Khan on his pointation.
On their pointation, the police apprehended two other accused identified as Aman Ullah Hattar and Imran Pathan from Kacha Gujrat area of Mianwali.
Explosive material, suicide vests, CDs, cell phones, sensitive documents, maps and ball barring were also recovered from their possession.
Police said that the accused were planning to carry out a terrorist attack during Muharram-ul-Harram.
4 Terrorists Nabbed in Mianwali was first posted on December 24, 2009 at 10:33 am.
8 killed in Jhang Road Accident
JHANG, Pakistan News : At least eight persons have been killed and nine others injured when a passenger van met a head-on collision with a truck at Garh Morh in Jhang on Thursday morning.
According to sources, the rescue efforts are underway; meanwhile, the dead bodies and wounded passengers are being hurried to hospital for medical attainment.
Police sources said the accident was caused owing to over speeding, fearing more deaths as three among injured people were declared critical in condition.
8 killed in Jhang Road Accident was first posted on December 24, 2009 at 11:40 am.
MQM Altaf Hussain demands trial of masterminds of suicide attacks
Karachi, Pakistan News :- A resolution has been passed declaring suicide attacks as ‘Haram’ and urging people to avoid offering prayers behind Ulema who support suicide attacks in the Ulema Mashaikh Conference organized by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday.
Addressing the Ulema Mashaikh Conference via telephone in Karachi, MQM Chief Altaf Hussain demanded the government to hold trials against those elements who teach and give training to suicide attackers. He urged all the Ulema of all sects to be united for promoting unity among Muslims. “Government should keep an eye on those elements who are involved in terrorism activities.” Altaf said enemies of Islam are conspiring to force Muslims to fight with each other during holy month of Muharram. He urged Muslims to foil these conspiracies by staying united.
MQM Altaf Hussain demands trial of masterminds of suicide attacks was first posted on December 16, 2009 at 9:37 am.
Blast at a wedding procession in Khyber Agency , 29 injured
As many as 29 people got injured due to hand grenade blasts at a wedding procession here in Jamrud division of Khyber Agency.
According to the sources, unidentified persons attacked the house of Kamal at midnight with hand grenades, where a music function of the wedding was ongoing. The injured people were immediately shifted to Hayatabad Medical Complex, where 3 of them were stated to be in critical condition. Security forces initiated a search operation after the incident but no arrests have been reported so far.
Blast at a wedding procession in Khyber Agency , 29 injured was first posted on December 16, 2009 at 9:43 am.
Egypt train collision, 25 dead
October 25, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
CAIRO: At least 25 people were killed and 55 others hurt in a collision between two passenger trains on Saturday in Giza southwest of the Egyptian capital, witnesses and police said.
“The total has risen to 25 dead and 55 injured and may become worse,” a police official at the scene told media.
A security services official said: “The trains were travelling on the same track. One ran into the other as they headed towards Upper Egypt.”
Witnesses initially gave a death toll of 15 and estimated the number of injured people and 24.
The crash took place in Al-Ayyat area of Giza, 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Cairo, when one train stopped unexpectedly and another one also heading south from the capital ploughed into it from behind, the security official said.
The first train, heading to Sayum, 100 km (65 miles) south of Cairo made an unscheduled halt but the second, on a southbound journey from Cairo towards Assiyut, 400 km (250 miles) from the capital travelled onwards at normal speed until it struck the back of the stationary train, the official said.
Egypt train collision, 25 dead was first posted on October 25, 2009 at 10:04 am.
Road Mishap In Blochistan 30 Critical Injured
PAKISTAN, KARACHI: A bus bound to Karachi from Balochintan met an accident on National Highway here, which left more than 30 people injured on Tuesday morning, Geo news reported.
According to hospital sources, the bus skidded off the road due to over speed as the driver was trying to overtake a truck ahead of it.
Hospital sources said the injured people hail from Sindh who were workers and went there for menial jobs.
Six among thirty injured people are said to be critical in conditions, hospital sources said.
Road Mishap In Blochistan 30 Critical Injured was first posted on August 18, 2009 at 11:51 am.
