{"id":2895,"date":"2026-10-18T14:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T09:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2895"},"modified":"2026-10-18T14:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T09:04:02","slug":"truck-crash-kills-14-hindu-devotees-injures-25-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2895","title":{"rendered":"Truck crash kills 14 Hindu devotees, injures 25 in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>At least 14 people were killed and 25 others injured after an out-of-control truck ploughed into Hindu devotees gathered near a temple in India\u2019s Madhya Pradesh state in the early hours of Sunday, according to an official.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gwalior Police Senior Superintendent Dharmveer Singh said the accident occurred at around 1.30am when a truck loaded with paddy lost control while descending a steep slope where heavy vehicles are prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>The truck reportedly broke through police barricades, ran over devotees on the road and crashed into the temple\u2019s outer wall and gate.<\/p>\n<p>Singh said 39 people were taken to hospital following the incident, including two police personnel who were on duty at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen victims had died, while five to six injured people were in critical condition and others had sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>An eyewitness whose brother was injured said the truck was overloaded and some victims died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Gwalior Collector Ruchika Chauhan said ambulances and other vehicles were dispatched for rescue and relief operations after authorities received information about the accident.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation has been launched into how the truck passed through the barricades and police checkpoint on the road.<\/p>\n<p>Families of the victims accused police of arriving late at the scene, delaying the transfer of injured people to hospital and preventing relatives from searching for missing family members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 14 people were killed and 25 others injured after an out-of-control truck ploughed into Hindu devotees gathered near a temple in India\u2019s Madhya Pradesh state in the early hours of Sunday, according to an official. Gwalior Police Senior Superintendent Dharmveer Singh said the accident occurred at around 1.30am when a truck loaded with paddy lost control while descending a steep slope where heavy vehicles are prohibited. The truck reportedly broke through police barricades, ran over devotees on the road and crashed into the temple\u2019s outer wall and gate.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}