Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Wrong-Side Trailer Kills Six Gujarat Pilgrims Returning From Ujjain
A big truck was driving on the wrong side of the road and crashed into a small van.
The accident happened on a highway in Badnawar, Madhya Pradesh, on a Sunday afternoon.
Six people in the van died in the crash.
They were on their way home to Vadodara after visiting a famous temple called Mahakaleshwar in Ujjain.
The truck was carrying iron and was driving toward Ujjain on the wrong side of the road.
The truck driver ran away after the crash.
Two of the bodies were stuck inside the crushed van and had to be cut out carefully with a grinder.
Local villagers helped the police get the bodies out.
Police told the victims' families in Gujarat about what happened.
The bodies were taken to Badnawar Civil Hospital for doctors to examine.
A wrong-side trailer loaded with iron goods collided head-on with a Maruti Eeco van near Panchakwas village on the Badnawar-Ujjain four-lane highway in Madhya Pradesh.
All six Gujarat pilgrims travelling in the van were killed in the Sunday afternoon crash.
The victims were returning to Vadodara after visiting the Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain.
Two bodies were trapped in the mangled van and had to be extricated by cutting it open with a grinder, with local villagers assisting police.
The trailer driver fled the scene after the crash, and the bodies were later shifted to Badnawar Civil Hospital for post-mortem examinations.
- Who
- Six Gujarat pilgrims returning from Ujjain and the driver of a wrong-side trailer, who fled the scene.
- What
- A fatal head-on collision between a wrong-side trailer and a Maruti Eeco van, killing all six van occupants.
- When
- Sunday afternoon.
- Where
- Near Panchakwas village on the Badnawar-Ujjain four-lane highway in Madhya Pradesh's Badnawar.
- Why
- The trailer, bearing registration GJ 39 DB 9248, was travelling towards Ujjain on the wrong carriageway.
- Casualties
- 6 killed (all occupants of the Maruti Eeco van)
- Location
- Near Panchakwas village, Badnawar-Ujjain four-lane highway, Madhya Pradesh
- Vehicles involved
- Maruti Eeco van (GJ 17 CK 6134) and iron-loaded trailer (GJ 39 DB 9248)
- Victims' journey
- Returning to Vadodara after visiting Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain
- Driver status
- Trailer driver fled the scene after the crash
- Official response
- Badnawar TI Amit Singh Kushwah and Tehsildar Suresh Nagar reached the site; families in Gujarat were informed
- Post-mortem
- Bodies shifted to Badnawar Civil Hospital