Overview
- In Palghar, a tempo carrying engagement guests that police say was on the wrong side collided with a container truck Monday near Dhaniwari, killing 13 and injuring about 20 to 30.
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced ₹5 lakh for each bereaved family as police opened a probe, with critical patients moved to Vedantaa Hospital in Dahanu and others treated at Kasa Sub-District Hospital.
- In Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, a head‑on crash between a truck and a passenger van Monday morning left nine to ten dead, and the Prime Minister announced ₹2 lakh for each family of the deceased and ₹50,000 for the injured.
- Deadly wrecks over the weekend added to the toll, including five on Azamgarh’s Purvanchal Expressway, four in Hamirpur on NH‑34, three in Shahjahanpur after a dumper hit an auto, and four in Rajasthan’s Nagaur after a bus‑car collision.
- Police and district officials cite overspeeding, loss of control, wrong‑side driving, and overcrowded passenger vehicles as common threads in these crashes, a pattern that could drive tighter checks on highway access and vehicle loads.