What happened here
1 / 3 A car collided with a motorcycle on the Mawana road near Nangla Harera village in the Phalauda police area of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, at about 7.15 to 7.30 pm on Friday 13 November 2026. The motorcycle carried brothers returning from work at a brick kiln. A young man of 18 to 20 died and a brother was seriously hurt. Amar Ujala says the driver fled and the police seized the car. Reports differ on the age, the number of brothers, the time and where he died.
Quick answers
What happened near Nangla Harera?
At about 7.15 to 7.30 pm on Friday 13 November 2026 a car collided with a motorcycle on the Mawana road near Nangla Harera in Meerut. A young man returning from a brick kiln died and his brother was seriously hurt.
Did the driver stop?
Amar Ujala says the driver fled with the car and the police seized it. Dainik Bhaskar does not mention the driver.
How old was he?
Amar Ujala says 18 and Dainik Bhaskar says 20.
How many brothers were on the bike?
Dainik Bhaskar says two; Amar Ujala says three brothers from the same village were involved.
What should I do if I hit someone?
Stop, call 112 and 108 and stay at the scene.
How can riders be safer at dusk?
Wear a helmet, keep the light on, ride in the left lane and carry no more than one pillion.
What happened
The Meerut road accident happened at about 7.15 to 7.30 pm on Friday 13 November 2026 on the Mawana road near Nangla Harera village in the Phalauda police area of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. A car collided with a motorcycle carrying brothers who worked at a brick kiln and were returning home. A young man died and his brother was seriously hurt, according to Amar Ujala and Dainik Bhaskar.
Amar Ujala says the car driver fled and the police seized the car; Dainik Bhaskar describes a head-on collision with a Punjab-registered car. The reports differ on the dead man’s age, on how many brothers were on the bike and on the time. No police statement on the cause is quoted in the reports we read.
This page names no one and prints no vehicle number. It sets out what is reported, where the reports differ and what the crash teaches about riding home at dusk and about drivers who leave the scene.
What the reports say
- When: Friday evening, 13 November 2026, at about 7.15 pm according to Dainik Bhaskar and about 7.30 pm according to Amar Ujala
- Where: The Mawana road near Nangla Harera village, Phalauda (Falavda) police area, Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh (Amar Ujala; Dainik Bhaskar)
- The riders: Brothers from a village in Muzaffarnagar district returning from work at a brick kiln on a motorcycle (Amar Ujala; Dainik Bhaskar)
- What happened: A car collided with the motorcycle; Dainik Bhaskar calls it a head-on collision (Amar Ujala; Dainik Bhaskar)
- Deaths: One: a young man, 18 according to Amar Ujala and 20 according to Dainik Bhaskar; Amar Ujala says a doctor declared him dead at the hospital, Dainik Bhaskar says he died on the spot
- Injured: One brother seriously hurt according to Dainik Bhaskar; Amar Ujala says two brothers were hurt (Amar Ujala; Dainik Bhaskar)
- The car: Dainik Bhaskar says it was a Punjab-registered i10; Amar Ujala says the driver fled and the police seized the car
- Police: Police took the injured to hospital and, says Amar Ujala, took the car into custody; no charge or finding is reported
- Identities: The reports name the brothers, their father and their village; we name no one and print no vehicle number
Where reports differ and what we do not know
- The dead man’s age: Amar Ujala says 18; Dainik Bhaskar says 20. We say a young man of 18 to 20.
- How many brothers were riding: Dainik Bhaskar says two brothers; Amar Ujala says three brothers from the same village were hurt or killed. We say brothers, one died and at least one was hurt.
- The time: Dainik Bhaskar says about 7.15 pm; Amar Ujala says about 7.30 pm. We say about 7.15 to 7.30 pm.
- Where he died: Dainik Bhaskar says on the spot; Amar Ujala says a doctor declared him dead at the hospital. We say he died.
- The driver: Amar Ujala says the driver fled with the car and the police seized it; Dainik Bhaskar does not mention the driver. We report it as Amar Ujala’s account.
What this crash teaches
A motorcycle with two or three young men on it, ridden at dusk on a country road, has little protection against a car. The reports say a car collided with the bike and a young man died, and one of them says the driver fled. They do not say how fast either vehicle was going, who was riding, whether anyone wore a helmet or whether the road was lit. These are early local reports, not a police finding.
We have covered similar crashes, among them the Shilaj hit and run in Ahmedabad, the Hansi crash where a dumper hit a family and the Udapur crash where a goods vehicle hit a biker at night. Our guide to helmet and seat belt use in India gives the national data on riders, and our guide to night driving safety in India sets out what to do before you start.
We do not know who was driving the car or how the collision happened. We will update this page when a police finding is published.
- Brothers finish work at a brick kiln and ride home on a motorcycle (Dainik Bhaskar; Amar Ujala)
- A car collides with the motorcycle near Nangla Harera on the Mawana road; one brother dies and another is seriously hurt (Dainik Bhaskar; Amar Ujala)
- Police take the injured to hospital; Amar Ujala says the driver fled and the police seized the car (Amar Ujala)
- Dainik Bhaskar and Amar Ujala publish the reports (Dainik Bhaskar; Amar Ujala)
Why consequences escalated
- A car collided with a motorcycle carrying brothers from a brick kiln near Nangla Harera, Meerut, on 13 November 2026.
- A young man of 18 to 20 died and a brother was seriously hurt.
- Amar Ujala says the driver fled and the police seized the car.
- No police finding on the cause is reported.
- The reports differ on the age, the number of brothers, the time and where he died.
Failures and risk multipliers
- No finding has been published. The reports leave these questions open:
- Who was driving the car and whether the driver has been traced.
- How fast either vehicle was going and which lane each was in.
- How many were on the motorcycle and whether anyone wore a helmet.
- Whether the road was lit and whether the kiln workers were returning in a group.
- These are open questions, not findings of fault.
Actions that reduce risk
- Riders: wear a helmet, keep a light on, ride in the left lane and do not carry more than one pillion.
- Drivers: slow down on dusk village roads, dip your lights and stop, call 112 and 108 and stay if you hit someone.
- Employers and kilns: arrange transport or reflective gear for workers who ride home in the dark.
- Authorities: trace hit-and-run cars quickly and light the busiest village roads.
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