A four-year-old girl sitting on her mother’s lap died after a nilgai crashed through the windshield of their moving car in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district, officials said on Friday. The incident occurred around 6.45 pm on Wednesday near Bilonia village, when the family was travelling to celebrate Makar Sankranti. Police said two nilgai suddenly ran onto the road near the Do Khambha area on the Guna bypass. Before Jat could react, one nilgai leapt, smashed through the windshield and landed inside the car. The animal’s legs struck Tanya on the head while she was seated on her mother’s lap, Cantonment police station in-charge TI Anoop Bhargava said.

Source: The Telegraph January 16, 2026 09:57 UTC