Overview

• A speeding SUV rammed a parked truck near Titawi in Muzaffarnagar around 5:30 a.m., killing six people, including five members of one family from Faridpur in Karnal.
• The victims were traveling to Haridwar to immerse a relative’s ashes; the driver also died and passenger Hardik sustained serious injuries and was referred after initial treatment at Baghra CHC.
• In Panchkula, an overloaded Mahindra pick-up carrying devotees returning from Mansa Devi Temple overturned near the Old Panchkula light point, causing one death and about 30 injuries.
• Police said the pick-up was not authorized to carry passengers; driver Jitender has been booked under BNS Sections 106, 125 and 281, and several critically injured were shifted to GMCH-32 and PGIMER Chandigarh with one reported arm amputation.
• In a separate Panchkula incident near Sector 12A, 25-year-old Gurpreet Singh was fatally struck while walking to the temple, with the SUV seized, the driver arrested, and an FIR registered.