Overview
- The dumper truck and Maruti Ertiga drivers identified in the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway case were arrested and later granted bail, with police citing rash driving and speeding as key factors.
- Investigators say the couple’s WagonR was struck by a truck and, 22 minutes later, by a speeding Ertiga whose driver reversed and fled, as the car remained undetected on the expressway for nearly eight hours.
- NHAI issued show‑cause notices to its patrol contractor and supervising engineer and a detailed inquiry was ordered, while police added a second patrol vehicle on the Hilalpur–Jhirka stretch.
- Relatives accuse authorities and passersby of negligence, arguing that timely rescue could have saved the couple trapped in the mangled car overnight.
- Separate crashes continued across states, including four BDDS constables killed on NH‑44 in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district and fatal collisions reported in Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, with FIRs, searches and medical responses underway.