Overview
- Six people, including five tourists from Gujarat, died when an SUV fell into a gorge near Kakira in Chamba during heavy rain early Monday, with police saying 10 were packed into the taxi.
- On the Ganga Expressway in Badaun, a sleeper coach flipped multiple times after a tyre burst, killing one passenger and injuring more than 30, with officials pointing to overspeeding in initial checks.
- A double-decker traveling from Patna to Delhi hit a truck on the Lucknow–Agra Expressway around 4:30 a.m. Monday, leaving two dead and 11 hurt, and police say the bus was above 100 km/h and the driver may have fallen asleep.
- In Bhind, Madhya Pradesh, a pickup carrying people and livestock struck a tree and overturned Tuesday near Dandraua Hanuman temple, killing three and sending two in critical condition to a Gwalior hospital.
- Rescue teams cut through wreckage to free passengers, hospitals referred the severely injured for advanced care, and police registered cases as probes home in on risky speed, tyre condition, driver fatigue, overloading, rough hill roads, and missing crash barriers.