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Gwalior SUV–Tractor Crash Kills 5 as Two Lakhimpur Collisions Leave 6 Dead

Police are checking CCTV to determine possible negligence.

Overview

  • Five young men died around 6:00–6:30 a.m. Sunday when a white SUV traveling from Dabra hit a sand-laden tractor near Malwa College on the GwaliorJhansi highway.
  • The Gwalior victims were identified by police as Kshitij (Prince) Rajawat, Kaushal Bhadoriya, Aditya Pratap Singh Jadaun, Abhimanyu Singh and Shivam Rajpurohit, with bodies sent for post-mortem.
  • Gwalior police said the tractor driver was not at the scene but they have his contact details and are pursuing him, while a separate report claimed he was taken into custody for questioning.
  • In Lakhimpur Kheri on Saturday afternoon, three students on a scooter—identified as Daraksha, Sahiba and Khadija—were run over by a truck on the Gola–Khutar highway; the driver fled.
  • Late Friday in Lakhimpur Kheri, a speeding car struck a motorcycle, killing Rohit Gupta and Hasib at the scene while Sandip Shukla died en route to hospital; police lodged a case and seized the car.