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Deadly Spate of Road Crashes Across India Exposes Winter-Season Risks

Police point to fog, overspeeding, unmarked trucks, and incomplete expressway stretches as probes continue and one case’s death toll remains disputed.

Overview

  • On the IndoreBhopal National Highway, two members of the Nema family were killed and three remain critical after their car hit a truck in dense fog, with police detaining the truck driver for questioning.
  • In West Delhi, two pedestrians died after being struck by a car that was later found abandoned; an FIR is filed, CCTV is being reviewed, and investigators have traced the vehicle’s owner.
  • On an unopened section of the Ganga Expressway in Sambhal, a car and a pickup collided on a single operating lane at high speed, with outlets reporting four to six fatalities as police continue verification.
  • A Delhi–Indore sleeper bus rammed an unidentified vehicle on the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway near Kota, killing two and injuring about a dozen passengers, and the other vehicle has yet to be traced.
  • On the Mumbai–Nashik Highway near Vafe village, a 23-year-old pilgrim was killed and another injured in a hit-and-run as Shahapur police examine CCTV to identify the vehicle.