Overview
- Chevella, Telangana: a gravel-laden tipper on the wrong route rammed a TGRTC bus near Mirjaguda around 7:30 a.m., with the Chevella Community Health Centre confirming 20 fatalities and multiple injuries.
- Rescuers used earthmovers after the lorry’s load fell onto the bus, trapping passengers; critically injured victims were moved from Chevella to Hyderabad on the Chief Minister’s orders.
- Preliminary police findings in Telangana cite wrong-side driving and an overtaking attempt, and records show the lorry had pending no-entry challans, with a formal probe underway.
- Phalodi, Rajasthan: at least 15 pilgrims were killed and two injured when a speeding tempo traveller struck a stationary trailer on the Bharatmala Expressway while returning from Kolayat, with a green corridor used to shift the injured to Jodhpur.
- The PMO announced ₹2 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased and ₹50,000 for the injured, while Telangana ministers reported state relief and an inquiry into the Chevella crash.