Overview
- A car carrying people from a wedding collided head-on with a tanker near the Julwaniya toll plaza in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district, leaving five dead and two injured.
- Police said the group had stopped to refuel in Julwaniya after the vehicle ran low on diesel, and the crash occurred on the return drive near the toll barrier.
- Three victims died at the scene and two died during treatment at a private hospital in Barwani, according to police.
- Officials identified the deceased as Sachin Vaskale, Pradyum Sahte, Akash Dayaram, Pappu Hiralal, and Yashwant Sudapia, all in their 20s or early 30s.
- Local reports say rescuers worked for about an hour to free people from the wreck, the injured were moved from a nearby primary health center to Barwani District Hospital, and police seized the tanker as they search for its driver and examine possible speeding or negligence.