Overview
- A series of separate crashes across Karnataka, Delhi and Rajasthan over a 24‑hour span from Monday left five people dead and several others injured, according to police reports.
- In Dharwad district a pickup carrying onions allegedly lost control and crashed into a parked lorry that had stopped for a tyre repair, killing two of the three men working on the vehicle and critically injuring the third.
- On the Mangaluru‑Bengaluru highway in Dakshina Kannada a pickup struck a car that had made an abrupt U‑turn, killing a 67‑year‑old woman and injuring five others while Vitla police registered charges under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Near Badarpur Metro station in southeast Delhi a car hit a stationary truck late Monday night, killing one passenger and injuring three others; police seized the truck and are tracing its driver who fled the scene.
- In Kota a high‑speed dumper rear‑ended a car and crushed it against a truck, killing 36‑year‑old Tarun Kant Meena; authorities have detained the dumper driver and completed a post‑mortem while investigations continue.