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Tamil Nadu Bus Collision Kills 11 as Separate Delhi, Indore Crashes Spur Police Probes

Investigators are examining speed and loss of control as likely factors across the incidents.

Preliminary investigations revealed that both vehicles rammed into each other at high speed due to heavy early-morning fog, poor visibility, and the sharp curve on the ghat road.
The driver of the Mercedes has been identified as 29-year-old Shivam, a resident of Karol Bagh in Delhi.
The police said that the Mercedes car, after it rammed into the three persons, also dragged them for some distance.
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Overview

  • Eleven people died and more than 20 were injured when two state-run buses collided head-on near Tirupattur in Sivaganga district, about 15 km from Karaikudi, on Sunday evening.
  • Tamil Nadu chief minister M. K. Stalin announced ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh for families of the deceased, Rs 1 lakh for the seriously injured, and Rs 50,000 for those with minor injuries, and he dispatched officials to coordinate care and relief.
  • A preliminary inquiry in the Tamil Nadu crash is assessing high speed on a narrow stretch and indications that one driver may have swerved to avoid a pedestrian before the head-on impact.
  • In Delhi, a Mercedes G63 struck three mall restaurant workers near Vasant Kunj at 2:33 am, killing 23-year-old Rohit Singh and injuring Kapil and Lalit; police detained driver Shivam Arora, impounded the SUV, registered a BNS FIR, and are reviewing CCTV, mechanical and medical findings, with an initial breath test showing no alcohol.
  • On the Indore–Ujjain Road, a Baneshwari Travels bus hit two two-wheelers, with 48-year-old Kala Bai later dying in hospital; police registered a case against the driver and said they will add causing death by negligence to the charges.