Overview

• The collision occurred around 2:15 am on National Highway 34 near Ghatal village in the Arnia police station area.
• About 60 to 61 pilgrims were traveling from Kasganj to Gogamedi in Rajasthan when the tractor-trolley overturned after being hit from behind.
• Two of the deceased were children, and police said 12 of the injured are below 18 years of age.
• Forty-five people are being treated at Aligarh Medical College, Bulandshahr district hospital and Kailash Hospital in Khurja, with three on ventilators.
• Legal proceedings have begun, the truck has been seized, and authorities sent the bodies for post-mortem as senior officials inspected the scene and met the injured.