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New Indian Express
23-07-2025
- New Indian Express
Four Kanwariyas killed and two injured as car loses control in MP's Gwalior
BHOPAL: Four Kanwariyas returning to their village after fetching water in their Kanwar (decorated bamboo pole with two water pots) for Lord Shiva's Jalabhishek, were crushed to death by a speeding car in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday-Wednesday intervening night. The killer mishap happened on the Gwalior-Shivpuri Link Road at around 1.30 am, when a group of Kanwariyas, walking in a line on the roadside, were returning to their village Simaria Tanka, after filling water in their Kanwars from the Bhadvana Lake. Suddenly the tyre of a speeding car burst, after which the driver lost control of the car, which ran over the group of Kanwariyas. While three Kanwariyas were killed on the spot, another Kanwariya died later at the JAH Hospital in Gwalior city.
Time of India
23-07-2025
- Time of India
3 of a family among 4 dead as speeding car rams into group of Kanwariyas in Madhya Pradesh
In Gwalior, a tragic accident occurred on the Agra-Mumbai National Highway when a speeding car, reportedly due to a tyre burst, ran over a group of Kanwariyas, killing four and critically injuring two. The devotees were walking back to their village to perform a ritual after collecting water from a nearby waterfall. BHOPAL: At least four Kanwariyas were killed after a speeding car ran over a group of devotees walking along the Agra-Mumbai National Highway near Sheetla Mata Mandir Gate in Gwalior around 1am on Tuesday. Two others sustained critical injuries in the incident. The accident occurred on the Shivpuri Link Road stretch of the highway when the car's tyre reportedly burst, causing it to veer off course and run over the Kanwariyas before overturning into roadside bushes. Police said the vehicle was at high speed when its tyre burst. It lost control, hit the Kanwariyas, and toppled off the highway. When the police reached the spot, the vehicle was empty. Efforts are underway to trace its occupants. Teams from various police stations, along with local residents, pulled the injured and the deceased from a roadside ditch and took them to the trauma centre at JAH Hospital. Doctors declared three Kanwariyas dead on arrival. A fourth victim succumbed to injuries later. The victims were identified as Puran, resident of Sidna's Chak, Simaria Ghatigaon; Ramesh, Dinesh – both residents of Simaria Ghatigaon; and Dharmendra, a resident of Ghatigaon. Three of the deceased belonged to the same family. They were part of a 13-member group of Kanwariyas from Banjara Ka Pura in Simaria Panchayat. The group had collected water from a waterfall near the Shiv temple in Bhadavna and was walking back to their village, a few kms from the accident site, to perform the Jalabhishek ritual on Wednesday when the incident took place.
