Overview
- A cluster of high‑fatality collisions across the region included a Makawanpur, Nepal, microbus that plunged down a steep hill, with local officials reporting 14 dead and six injured while a formal inquiry was formed to determine cause.
- In northeast Delhi a speeding dumper hit an overcrowded autorickshaw near Sonia Vihar, leaving two people dead, several injured, a pregnant woman who miscarried, and the dumper driver at large as police review CCTV and forensic evidence.
- Jharkhand saw multiple hit‑and‑run and heavy‑vehicle collisions that killed at least five people across Ranchi and Latehar districts, with police seizing a truck in one case and scanning footage to identify fleeing drivers.
- Rescue teams in Gilgit‑Baltistan recovered at least 11 bodies after a passenger van fell into the Yasin River near Noh Bridge and continued searching and treating survivors as darkness and steep terrain hampered efforts.
- Officials and reports link the incidents to dangerous mountain roads, festival travel, overspeeding, overloaded or illegal vehicles, and weak enforcement, and Nepal’s police data cited 2,707 road deaths in fiscal 2025–26 as a backdrop to the current probes and safety calls.