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At Least 15 Dead in Rajasthan Tempo Crash as Separate Hill Accidents Injure Dozens

Early findings point to loss of control on hazardous bends.

Overview

  • Police in Jodhpur reported at least 15 fatalities after a tempo traveller carrying devotees hit a stationary truck near Matoda on the Bharat Mala Highway, with some reports placing the toll higher.
  • Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma directed rapid transfers to Jodhpur hospitals via a green corridor as authorities worked to identify victims and notify families.
  • Near Nainital’s Jyolikot, two people including the driver died and more than a dozen were injured when a tempo plunged roughly 15 meters into a gorge during a late‑night return from Kainchi Dham.
  • Uttarakhand’s SDRF and local police conducted night rescues at the Nainital site, moved the injured to Sushila Tiwari Hospital in Haldwani, and continued a search for one missing passenger.
  • In Himachal Pradesh’s Kumarsain, 29 people were injured—most of them Nepalese nationals—when a tempo overturned on NH‑5, with several transferred to Indira Gandhi Medical College in Shimla.