Overview
- In Shamli, a car carrying four friends rear-ended a stationary truck around 1 am on the Panipat–Khatima Highway near the Butrada/Bantikheda stretch, killing all four on the spot, police said.
- Shamli police identified the victims as residents of Sonipat in Haryana, sent the bodies for post-mortems, and seized the canter as efforts continue to trace its driver.
- In Guna, a truck rammed a family’s car near the Regional Transport Office by Piparoda village, leaving two dead — Shivlal Shukla, 53, and Kunja Shukla, 10 — and four injured, according to officers.
- The Guna driver fled the scene; police impounded the truck, registered a case, and said two of the injured were referred to Gwalior for advanced treatment.
- Officials cited high speed, night-time conditions and limited visibility on isolated highway stretches as possible factors, and rescuers used cutters to retrieve bodies in the Shamli wreck.