Overview

• Early on July 19 near Aturgaon village, a car transporting six young men collided with a bridge edge and caught fire.
• The blaze burned four occupants—Yuvraj Sori, Hemant Shori, Suraj Uike and Deepak—to death while two survivors were treated for minor injuries.
• Police dispatched fire brigade personnel and forensic teams to extinguish the blaze and conduct post-mortem examinations.
• In a separate incident later that day, a speeding passenger bus crashed into the Naini River bridge divider, killing the bus helper and injuring others.
• Preliminary reports cite excessive speed and driver negligence as the primary causes of both accidents.