New Year's Day Crashes Across MP's Jabalpur Division Leave 12 Dead, About 20 Injured

Overview

• In Seoni, Parmanand Barkade, his wife Geeta, and their children Mahi and Deepanshu died when their motorcycle struck a truck disabled on the Jabalpur–Nagpur highway, with police noting high speed and repair warning indicators at the scene.
• In Katni, a pickup collided with a motorcycle near Heerapur and Badgaon around 7 p.m., killing four, as the driver fled and later abandoned the vehicle, with victims yet to be formally identified and believed to be from Panna based on registration details.
• Regional reports add fatalities in Shahdol, where two riders were hit by a bus, and in Damoh, where a car hit a tree, while a separate crash near Jabalpur’s Gohalpur area injured nearly 20 picnic-goers.
• Aggregated local coverage places the toll at roughly 12 dead and around 20 injured across Katni, Seoni, Damoh, and Shahdol, reflecting multiple unrelated incidents on the same evening.
• Officials confirm the Seoni truck had engine trouble and was marked with indicators, and they say inquiries into each crash continue with no arrests or final findings announced.