Seven people died and more than a dozen were injured in multiple road crashes across Uttar Pradesh — Bareilly head-on collision, Amethi truck hit, Etah motorcycle crashes.
Seven people were killed and more than a dozen injured in separate road accidents across Uttar Pradesh on Friday and Saturday as festival travel surged and several crashes were blamed on speeding and risky overtaking. The worst incident occurred near Barheypura on the Bareilly–Bisalpur road when a van and a bus collided head-on around 1:30 am, killing three occupants and leaving ten others hurt; rescuers used hydraulic cutters to free trapped passengers.
In Amethi a speeding truck struck a motorcycle on the Lucknow–Varanasi highway, killing two young men on the spot; police have seized the truck and sent the bodies for post-mortem, while a case has been registered. Etah district reported two separate motorcycle collisions the same night — a head-on crash that killed a 70-year-old man and another collision that claimed a 16-year-old rider — highlighting how rural stretches of state highways become deadly at night.
Preliminary police statements point to speeding, dangerous overtaking and poor night visibility as common factors; investigators in Bareilly said an overtake attempt appears to have triggered the van-bus crash and several injured remain in critical condition. Local authorities carried out on-site rescue operations and registered FIRs in each case.
As Diwali travel peaks, road-safety experts stress immediate interventions: stricter highway patrolling, emergency medical response upgrades, public awareness on safe overtaking and improved lighting on accident-prone stretches. For readers: check updates from local police stations before travel, avoid late-night highway trips on rural stretches, and report hazardous driving to emergency numbers to reduce preventable deaths.
