Overview
- Early-morning visibility dropped to a few metres near Raniyala Patakpur, where 15–25 vehicles collided in a chain reaction on the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway.
- Police accounts differ on the toll, with reports ranging from two to four dead and roughly a dozen to about 20 injured.
- The confirmed victims include CISF inspector Harish Kumar, while another deceased motorist was identified locally as Khalil of Jaipur.
- Investigators noted secondary hazards, including a truck that spilled fruit and left a slick surface, as rescue teams cleared wreckage and reopened traffic.
- Fog-related crashes were recorded elsewhere, including two fatalities in a Faridabad truck–car collision, a Sonipat crash that killed a woman police officer, and a roughly 20-vehicle pile-up near Greater Noida that injured at least 12.