Overview

• In Haldwani, Uttarakhand, a car skidded off a waterlogged road and plunged into an irrigation canal on June 25, killing four family members, including an infant, and injuring three others.
• In Hyderabad’s Kukatpally area, a speeding mini-truck veered into a woman who had stepped out of her broken-down car, flinging her into the air and fleeing the scene in a hit-and-run.
• CCTV footage from Gurugram and Noida captured multiple hit-and-run and speeding incidents that killed law students and pedestrians, leading police to register rash driving and negligence cases.
• Drunk driving in Chennai and high-speed collisions in Jharkhand claimed the lives of a pregnant woman, her father and five motorcyclists, resulting in arrests and renewed drunk-driving enforcement calls.
• Authorities nationwide are probing over a dozen recent crashes and facing pressure to strengthen traffic laws, improve road upkeep and launch public safety campaigns.