According to the authorities, on Tuesday, six people, including three children, were killed and four others injured, when their private van rammed into a truck in Gujarat’s Bharuch district.
The Jambusar police station inspector AV Panamia said, the accident occurred on Jambusar-Amod road near Magnad village at around 11 p.m., when 10 people from Vedach village were on their way to Shuklatirth.
Panamia said, “The passenger van rammed into a truck which was parked on the left lane of the road near Magnad village. Following the collision, six passengers died on the spot while four others received injuries. They were directed to a hospital in Jambusar”.
The victims have been identified as Javdev Gohil (23), Saraswati Gohil (21), Hansa Jadav (35), Sandhya Jadav (11), Vivek Gohil (16), and Kirti Gohil (6).
According to officials, following the incident, Jambusar police filed a FIR against the truck’s unidentified driver under sections 125 (rash or negligent acts that put human life at risk), and 285 (danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The driver was yet to be nabbed, he added.
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