Ratlam, September 29, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
At least four people were killed and eight others injured in two separate road accidents on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district on Tuesday, police said.
The accidents occurred within a span of around two hours under the jurisdiction of Jaora Industrial police station. In both incidents, cars hit the central median, broke through the railing and plunged into a gorge around 30 to 40 feet deep.
The first accident took place at around 4:30 a.m., when a car carrying a family from Punjab, travelling from Ambala in Haryana to Mumbai, hit the median railing and fell into the gorge after breaking through a section of it.
Narendra Kaur, 67, and her daughter-in-law, Manpreet Kaur, 32, both from Punjab, died in the accident. Three other occupants, including an elderly man and two children, sustained injuries.
Jaora Industrial police station in-charge Prakash Gadariya said the driver may have become drowsy while driving at high speed, causing the vehicle to go out of control and hit the railing.
Police reached the scene after receiving information from other motorists and shifted the injured to a hospital in Jaora. They were later referred to Ratlam Medical College for further treatment.
While police personnel were inspecting the site of the first accident, a second crash occurred at around 6:30 a.m. A car carrying a family from Dahod in Gujarat reportedly hit the central median, went airborne and plunged into the gorge.
The vehicle, bearing registration number GJ20 CB 4610, was being driven by Ravi Hatila, 35. Hatila and another occupant, Ramesh Makwana, 50, both from Dahod, died in the accident. Four to five other occupants were injured.
Gadariya said the railing had been damaged in the first accident and the second car crashed into the median while police personnel were examining the site.
The family from Gujarat was returning to Dahod after travelling to Uttar Pradesh for medical treatment of a family member.
Police have launched an investigation into both accidents, examining the circumstances that led to the crashes, including the condition of the road infrastructure and the factors that may have caused the drivers to lose control.
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