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Truck ploughs into Navratri crowd near Gwalior temple gate, killing at least 15

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Truck ploughs into Navratri crowd near Gwalior temple gate, killing at least 15. Locator map (Wikimedia Commons, C1MM, CC BY-SA 4.0, markers added) of Madhya Pradesh, India, with a red dot on Gwalior in the north and a grey dot for Bhopal. Key facts: about 1:30 AM Sunday Oct 18 local time, 4 PM Eastern Saturday, police say; at least 15 killed per police, 16 per hospital officials, 26 or more injured; a paddy-laden truck lost control on a slope, hit stalls and devotees and struck the gate; the truck owner and driver were arrested and police suspect mechanical failure; the chief minister removed a city police chief and suspended 8 officers, and an inquiry was ordered. Sources: Hindustan Times, Times of India. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-18-in-gwalior-temple. @exeindex. — News cardMap: Gwalior, in northern Madhya Pradesh; the temple is about 18 km away. Map: C1MM, Wikimedia Commons, File:Madhya_Pradesh_location_map.svg, markers added by EXE Index

Oct 18, Gwalior, India: a paddy-laden truck lost control on a slope and ploughed into Navratri devotees near the Sheetla Mata temple gate, killing at least 15, police say; hospital officials put the toll at 16. The…