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4w ago

Two Pre-Dawn Highway Crashes in Haryana and Rajasthan Kill Nine, Spur Probes

Police point to overspeeding with possible driver fatigue as CCTV reviews proceed, with a reckless-driving case filed.

Police said they are examining CCTV footage from the area to trace the other vehicle involved. (Representational image)

Overview

  • On the KMP Expressway near Bahadurgarh, a canter hit a pickup carrying around 37 migrant labourers, leaving five dead and 32 injured.
  • Victims in the Haryana crash were traveling from Aman Nagar in Lakhimpur Kheri to Ghodakemla village in Mahendragarh for harvest work.
  • Eight injured were admitted to the Bahadurgarh Trauma Centre and others were referred to PGI Rohtak as post-mortems and notifications to families began.
  • Haryana police registered a case against the canter driver for reckless driving, with preliminary indications of overspeeding and fatigue under review.
  • On NH-27 in Bundi, Rajasthan, a head-on crash near the Baba Ramdev temple killed four and injured four, as officers analyze CCTV to trace the other vehicle.