Overview
- On the Bengaluru–Mysuru Expressway, a Calicut–Bengaluru private bus hit roadside fencing before dawn on March 23, killing four passengers and injuring two.
- Police arrested the driver, identified as Riyaz, on negligent driving charges after CCTV and preliminary findings indicated he likely dozed off at the wheel.
- In Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund on March 22, a ropeway trolley descending from Khallari Mata temple fell after a cable snap, killing 28-year-old Ayushi Satkar and injuring six.
- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai ordered a detailed inquiry and directed that injured devotees receive advanced care, with four referred to Raipur hospitals.
- Separate road crashes over March 21–23 included three deaths in a Palghar highway hit-and-run under CCTV review, three women killed near Devanahalli with a case registered, and three family members dead in a Pune–Nashik head-on collision with an FIR filed.