Five people died in separate road accidents in Dumka district, Jharkhand, within 24 hours. Two were killed by a speeding dumper truck near Belmi More, while three others died in a head-on motorcycle collision near Mahadevgarh. Police have registered FIRs and sent the bodies for post-mortem

Road accident data released by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways shows accidents and deaths increased in Mumbai by 33.7 perc in 2023 over the previous year