Overview
- Early on Friday a double‑decker sleeper bus on the Agra–Lucknow Expressway rammed an overturned dumper near km 46, caught fire after a reported short circuit, and left the driver Shambhu and passenger Gayashree Sahu charred to death while about 20 others were hurt and fire crews took nearly three hours to douse the blaze.
- In Odisha’s Ganjam district a speeding passenger bus struck an autorickshaw carrying pilgrims, killing six people including two children, with the vehicle seized and the state chief minister announcing Rs 4 lakh in relief for each next of kin.
- A speeding dumper in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh veered off the road in the early hours and ran over a family sleeping outside during a power cut, killing a man and his three children and critically injuring the mother as police seized the truck and moved the injured for advanced care.
- Separate head‑on and overturning crashes across Prayagraj, Kalaburagi and other routes killed multiple family members and passengers and left several injured as local hospitals received the wounded and police launched investigations.
- Authorities have seized vehicles, detained or sought drivers and completed post‑mortems while moving survivors to regional medical colleges, and the string of accidents underscores highway risks from overturned heavy vehicles, speeding and post‑collision fires that may prompt tighter enforcement and safety checks.