# Six Gujarat devotees killed as trailer rams car on wrong side in MP 2026-08-09T14:56:55+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Six youths from Gujarat were killed and one injured when a speeding trailer truck on the wrong side of the road crashed into their van on the Badnawar-Ujjain four-lane highway in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district on Sunday afternoon. The victims, from Godhra and Panchmahal, were returning home after visiting the Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain. Police said the impact mangled the van completely. Five died on the spot; the sixth succumbed on the way to hospital. Officials chased and arrested the driver who had fled. The bodies were sent to Badnawar Civil Hospital for post-mortem. The Badnawar police have registered a case and are investigating. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - freepressjournal.in Tags: Badnawar, Madhya Pradesh, police probe, road accident, trailer collision, wrong-side driving Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/six-dead-as-trailer-rams-car-in-madhya-pradesh-police-probe-launched/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/six-dead-as-trailer-rams-car-in-madhya-pradesh-police-probe-launched/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.