Four friends clicking selfies on overbridge killed after truck hits SUV in Varanasi

Four people were killed and three seriously injured after a speeding truck rammed into their SUV while they were taking selfies on an overbridge in Varanasi on Monday (October 19, 2026) morning, police said.

The group of friends, residents of Shivpuri, Varanasi, was returning from the Vindhyachal temple in Mirzapur. On the way, they stopped their Scorpio on the overbridge near Rupapur, on the Prayagraj-Varanasi highway, to click selfies, according to police. A speeding truck coming from the Prayagraj side rammed into the SUV from behind and ran over the youths standing nearby, they said.