Officials said the passengers from Kolkata were on the way to Panchalingeswar shrine in Nilagiri area of Balasore when driver Sk Aktar suffered a massive heart attack
A bus driver in Navi Mumbai is suspected of being responsible for a fatality, after initially claiming it was a hit-and-run incident. The driver, Anil Dere, rushed the victim, Ravindra Pandurang Kadam, to the hospital but CCTV footage shows no evidence of another vehicle hitting Kadam. The police suspect that the driver accidentally collided with Kadam while taking a reverse. The investigation is ongoing.
A huge road-cutting that was left unrepaired and apparently failed to draw the authorities’ attention even during the ongoing two month’s state-wide ‘gaddha mukti’ campaign concluding on November 15, has been cited as the most important reason for the accident in a preliminary inquiry.