印度：16位朝圣者被货车碾压致死

时间：2011-06-09 06:47:09

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A speeding lorry has run over and killed at least 16 people in the Indian state of Gujarat, police said.

印度警方称，古吉拉特邦一辆超速行驶的货车从人群中碾过，至少杀死16人。

The dead were all pilgrims who had stopped for the night to rest on the roadside on a highway linking Dolka with Bagodra.

The police said the driver of the lorry seemed to have lost control.

More than 100,000 people die every year in road accidents in India - the highest road death toll1 in the world.

Most of the accidents are blamed on reckless（鲁莽的） driving, old vehicles and bad roads.

On Tuesday, at least 22 people were killed after the bus they were travelling in fell into a roadside ditch（沟渠） and caught fire in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

And late last month, at least 25 members of a wedding party were killed when their bus plunged2 into a small river in the north-eastern state of Assam.

The incident happened when a wooden bridge that the bus was crossing collapsed3 and fell into the water.


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1 toll LJpzo     
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
2 plunged 06a599a54b33c9d941718dccc7739582     
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
参考例句：
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
3 collapsed cwWzSG     
adj.倒塌的
参考例句：
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

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