Seven killed as SUV crashes into parked trailer in Gujarat's Bhavnagar
Seven people were killed after the SUV in which they were travelling crashed into a parked trailer truck on a service road along the Bhavnagar-Somnath national highway in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district on Tuesday, police said.
The victims were travelling from Bhavnagar to Alang, where they worked at a shipyard, Superintendent of Police Nitesh Pandey said.
The accident occurred around 10 am near Trapaj village in Talaja taluka, within the jurisdiction of Alang police station, when the speeding Bolero rammed into the rear of the stationary trailer, according to police.
"The trailer was parked on the service road of the highway near Trapaj village... A Bolero approaching from behind crashed into the rear of the trailer. Six persons died at the scene, and one person succumbed during treatment," Pandey said.
The impact was severe, leaving the SUV completely wrecked and pushing the trailer forward, police said.
The SUV's doors had to be forced open using iron bars to rescue the victims, while eyewitnesses said bodies were found scattered along the highway.
Police and ambulance personnel reached the spot after being alerted and shifted the injured to hospital.
The bodies were taken to a government hospital in Bhavnagar for postmortem.
Police said an investigation was underway to ascertain the circumstances leading to the accident.
