BANGALORE , 30 May 2008— A truck packed with revelers traveling to a wedding plunged off a bridge in southern India yesterday, killing at least 39 people and trapping others in the submerged vehicle. The truck was carrying some 70 people over a bridge when the driver lost control while trying to avoid some electrical wires on the road, said Sharath Chandra, the police chief of the Hassan district in Karnataka state where the accident happened. Chandra said 39 bodies have been recovered so far, adding that rescue efforts were ongoing to free those still trapped in the submerged vehicle. It was not immediately clear if any survivors had been rescued from the river. Trucks are often used to transport people in rural India. Hassan is some 200 km west of Bangalore.
Engineers’ Seminar
RIYADH, 30 May 2008 — The Saudi Arabian chapter of Institution of Engineers Pakistan will host its annual technical seminar at Prince Salman Social Center here from June 5 to 8. Tawfig Al-Rabiah, director general of SOIETZ, will present a technical paper on “Saudi smart industrial cities and technology zones” and Mobin Sheikh of Infovision Consultants will present another paper on “Quality management systems.”
