Overview
- A passenger bus on the Indus Highway near Bangla Hidayat in Rajanpur overturned after hitting a road divider on Wednesday, killing about 10–11 people and injuring dozens according to Rescue 1122 and local hospitals.
- In Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, a bus skidded off the road into a deep gorge on Wednesday, leaving two dead and roughly 15–17 injured with several critically wounded sent from a local PHC to district hospitals and the driver arrested.
- Near Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh late on Tuesday night, an out‑of‑control car struck people returning from a Dussehra mela, seriously injuring six bystanders while the driver was identified and taken into police custody.
- Rescue teams, local volunteers and regional hospitals led rapid evacuations and triage at each scene with many victims moved from primary health centres to district hospitals for specialized care.
- Authorities have registered cases or detained drivers and political leaders have ordered inquiries, highlighting recurring safety failures such as overspeeding, dangerous road geometry and under‑construction highway segments that risk further high‑casualty accidents.