Overview
- Nine people were reported dead and about 40 injured after a private bus from Shimla to Kupvi rolled into a gorge near Haripurdhar in Sirmaur, with large-scale rescue and hospital transfers under way.
- Prime Minister’s Office announced Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured in the Himachal incident, as the death count remains under official review.
- In Telangana, four college students died and one was injured when their car hit a tree near Mirzaguda outside Hyderabad, with preliminary findings pointing to overspeeding.
- In Indore, three people including Prerna Bachchan, daughter of former Madhya Pradesh home minister Bala Bachchan, were killed in a pre-dawn car–truck collision, and police have registered a case and opened an inquiry.
- Maharashtra recorded multiple fatal crashes, including a head‑on collision in Nashik that killed four and injured six and an overturning in Jalgaon's Kannad ghat that left three dead and four injured.