Overview

• A private ambulance struck Kanwariya pilgrims on July 20 in Ghaziabad, killing three and injuring two; the driver was arrested and the vehicle seized
• In Delhi’s Sarita Vihar on July 21, a speeding gas-cylinder truck rammed into pedestrians at a bus stand, killing a 36-year-old man and injuring three others as police apprehended the driver and registered charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
• A tyre burst on a car returning from exams in Bathinda on July 21 caused a head-on collision with a truck that left four college students dead, prompting an inquiry by DSP Sarabjit Singh
• Authorities across Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Punjab have registered FIRs, seized all three vehicles and detained the drivers under negligence and rash-driving provisions
• The succession of crashes has exposed shortcomings in emergency vehicle control, commercial truck maintenance and infrastructure resilience during the Kanwar Yatra season and monsoon