Overview
- The worst crash, reported Monday on a bridge near Kalyan in Thane district, left 11 dead after an overcrowded shuttle van hit a transit‑mixer truck head‑on on a single‑lane stretch under road work.
- A speeding truck ran over a group of pilgrims on the Lakhtar–Viramgam highway in Gujarat early Monday, killing seven and injuring four, with police detaining the driver identified as Aditya Uganiya.
- In Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur, a truck struck a bus carrying wedding guests around 1:30 am Monday, killing six including the truck driver and leaving seven in critical care, with police citing speed and darkness.
- In Dindori, Madhya Pradesh, five villagers were killed late Sunday when a tanker ploughed into people changing a tyre on the highway, and police later arrested the accused driver.
- Police opened cases across the sites, with arrests in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, while Bihar’s chief minister earlier announced Rs 2 lakh compensation per family after 13 died in Saturday’s Katihar bus‑van collision.