Overview

• In Panna, a private bus struck a motorcycle near the Ajaygarh bypass around 8 a.m., killing Lalkaran (22) and sisters Anjali (17) and Anarkali (12).
• Kotwali police registered a case against the bus driver and sent the bodies for autopsy, with the probe in progress.
• Around 11 a.m. in Bhind’s Phoop area on NH‑719, a container truck hit two motorcycles, leaving five dead, including a family of four and diver Bhola Khan.
• The truck driver abandoned the vehicle and fled; police registered a case and are trying to trace the suspect as post‑mortems proceed at the district hospital.
• Local officials noted the Etawah–Bhind stretch as accident‑prone, reinforcing wider concerns about speeding heavy vehicles on busy intercity routes.