Casualities

At least 12 people lost their lives and 11 were injured, after passanger van crashed in Jalisco, Mexico, on January 29. The Civil Protection & Fire department of Jalisco said that tourists were travelling in the vehicle, when it overturned on Leon-Aguascalientes highway, resulting in killing of eight men and four women. Notably, the Jalisco has registered 1,015 deaths due to traffic accidents in 2021.

Five persons have been killed in an accident on January 16, at Tharad-Dhanera highway in Banaskantha district, Gujrat. Reportedly, a truck collided with a car today morning. Soon after the incident, a police team was rushed to the spot, as informed by the official. According to ANI, three people died on the spot and two died during treatment at a hospital. Meanwhile, the police registered a case and started investigation. 

Seven persons died in a road accident, after the car they were travelling in rammed into a road divider in Jagaluru Taluka area in Karnataka, on January 14. The victims were travelling to Hosapete from Bengaluru, when the accident happened, and reportedly hailed from Yadgir district. Six of them were killed on the spot, while another one succumbed to injuries at hospital. 

In Bijie City of China's Guizhou province, five people were killed and nine others went missing in a landslide incident that hit a construction site, authorities informed on January 4. Reportedly, the landslide occurred at around 7 pm on January 3. Meanwhile, eight people were rescued, with three of them stable in hospital, while five others were declared dead. Rescue teams are searching for missing people, reported ANI.