Archive · 31 Aug 2026
Three killed, 23 injured in Kasganj family vehicle collision
A vehicle carrying one family crashed into a truck in Kasganj.
The crash happened early in the morning near Mohanpura village.
The family was travelling from Karauli in Rajasthan to Soronji.
They were going there to immerse ashes.
Three people died in the crash.
Twenty-three others were hurt, including women and children.
Six people with serious injuries were taken to a medical centre in Aligarh.
Police are investigating what caused the accident.
Three people were killed and 23 others injured in a head-on collision in Kasganj district, police said.
The crash involved a pickup carrying 26 family members and a loader truck near Mohanpura village.
The family was travelling from Karauli district in Rajasthan to Soronji for immersion of ashes.
The injured included eight men, eight women and seven children; six seriously injured people were referred to Aligarh.
Police sent the bodies for post-mortem examination, restored traffic and began investigating the crash.
- Who
- Twenty-six members of a family from Karauli district, Rajasthan, were travelling in the pickup; three died and 23 were injured.
- What
- A pickup vehicle carrying the family collided head-on with a loader truck.
- When
- Around 4 a.m. on Monday, August 31.
- Where
- Near Mohanpura village on the Kasganj-Sikandra Rao road in Kasganj district, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- The family was travelling to Soronji for immersion of ashes; the cause of the collision remains under investigation.
- Deaths
- 3
- Injured
- 23
- People in pickup
- 26 family members
- Crash location
- Near Mohanpura village, Kasganj-Sikandra Rao road
- Travel route
- Karauli district, Rajasthan, to Soronji
- Seriously injured
- 6 referred to a higher medical centre in Aligarh
- Injured breakdown
- 8 men, 8 women and 7 children