Overview
- In Sikar, Rajasthan, a car returning from a funeral collided with a truck on NH-52 near Harsawa, killing six women from one family and injuring three.
- Fatehpur police lodged an FIR, seized the truck and detained its driver as preliminary accounts pointed to a wrong-lane maneuver at a turn.
- Near Berasia on the outskirts of Bhopal, a pickup/loading vehicle and a tractor-trolley crashed by Vidya Vihar School, leaving five dead and at least 10 injured.
- The Berasia victims, identified as residents of Sironj, were traveling for a ritual bath related to family rites, and the injured were referred to Bhopal hospitals including Hamidia.
- Officers said the tractor driver fled and remains absconding as investigators examine factors such as lighting, speed, vehicle load and road conditions.