Overview
- In Rajasthan’s Bharatpur, a sleeper bus struck a broken-down trailer in dense fog, killing four including a woman and her eight-year-old son, with police noting the truck lacked warning barricades.
- Mumbai police arrested the school‑bus driver after a 13‑month‑old was run over in Girgaum, with a court remanding him to custody until January 30 as forensic tests and RTO checks proceed.
- On the Jammu–Srinagar highway near Udhampur, four died including CRPF jawan Mukesh Prajapati after a bus hit a motorcycle and then a stationary load carrier, and a case has been registered.
- On the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway in Dausa, a speeding car carrying pilgrims from Noida lodged under a truck and was dragged for nearly eight kilometres, leaving four dead and one injured.
- In Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum, four youths riding a single motorcycle died after colliding with a truck during an overtaking attempt, and police seized the truck and ordered autopsies.