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Kaushambi Toll Rises to 10 as Deadly Weekend Road Crashes Spur Arrests and Probes Across India

Officials link the crashes to overspeeding, driver fatigue, risky roadside parking.

Overview

  • In Kaushambi, police said Saturday the pickup–trailer crash toll rose to 10, with an FIR filed and a search on for the parked trailer’s driver.
  • In Gwalior, a speeding SUV chased by police hit an autorickshaw Friday, killing five in one family, and officers arrested driver Aman Sharma.
  • Near Pataudi in Gurugram, CCTV led police to arrest a Thar driver after a late Friday hit-and-run killed a grandfather and his two grandsons.
  • In west Bengaluru, an overloaded trailer took a restricted slope Friday and smashed a parked CNG multi-utility vehicle, causing a fire that burned a 23-year-old to death.
  • Early Saturday in Odisha’s Nayagarh district, a tourist bus overturned on a curving mountain road, killing at least five, as investigators across cases flag speed, fatigue, overloading and trailers left on highways.