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Six Dead in Separate Truck–Car Crashes in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

Police are pursuing the Guna truck driver after impounding both vehicles.

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.