Gujarat: At least six people were killed and one another injured after a truck hit an auto in Patiyazol village on Dahod-Alirajpur Highway in Gujarat. The auto was carrying seven people out of which six of them died on the spot.
The accident took place when a truck that was coming towards Dahod from Madhya Pradesh hit an auto going towards Jari Khareli village on Dahod-Alirajpur Highway.
Six people died on the spot while there was one survivor who was rushed to a nearby hospital and is being treated.
"Some locals from Garbada taluka had travelled to Rajkot for work and were returning to Dahod town in an autorickshaw in the early hours of the day when a truck hit the three-wheeler at a bend near Patiya Zol village," said Garbada police station sub-inspector Jagdish Patel.
The accident took place around 6:30 am.
In another accident that took place in Surendranagar, five people died including a husband-wife and two daughters after a truck hit their car. A truck driver has been taken under custody.
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