Overview
- A Tata Magic passenger van and a truck collided head-on near Sitakhandi ghat on the Nanded‑Bhokar road on Thursday evening, leaving six people dead in initial police reports and several others critically injured with some local outlets reporting a seventh fatality.
- A separate crash on the Nagpur–Raipur highway in Bhandara district early Friday morning involved a truck and a pickup van and killed eight people, including three children, with three more taken to Sakoli Sub‑District Hospital.
- Local residents and first responders pulled trapped passengers from wreckage at both sites and rushed the badly injured to nearby hospitals, where several people remain in critical condition.
- Police in Nanded and Bhandara have launched active investigations but have not yet determined causes such as speed, mechanical failure, or road conditions and are collecting witness statements and vehicle data.
- Both crashes underscore persistent road‑safety risks on Maharashtra’s rural ghats and national highways, a concern that officials say will be examined further as investigators release findings and victim identities are confirmed.