A couple died and their two children were injured after their car collided with a truck on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway, Safin Hasan, DCP Traffic Ahmedabad said.
Also on February 8, three people were killed when a truck rammed into a container truck on the Purvanchal Expressway, police said. As per the details, the incident took place in the Gosaiganj police station area on Friday night.
According to Station House Officer Akhilesh Kumar Singh, "The truck, which was transporting fish from Madhya Pradesh to Basti in Uttar Pradesh, hit the container truck that was moving ahead of it. Bane Singh and Tejulal, residents of Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain and Shajapur districts respectively, died on the spot."
The SHO added that another man was critically injured in the accident and was rushed to Kurebhar community health centre, where he died. The victims' families have been informed, he said.
As per the information, due to the impact of the collision, the front portion of the truck was blown to pieces. Police said the bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination.
In July 2024, a bus collided with a truck on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Highway in Anand. In this accident, at least six people were killed while eight others were injured.
In April, ten people were killed, including a child, after a car drove into a truck on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway.
All the occupants of the car were among the deceased who were going to Ahmedabad from Vadodara. Eight people were reportedly killed on the spot while two others died while being taken to a hospital.
Initial probe revealed that the Maharashtra-registered truck was parked on the extreme left lane of the expressway after it developed a mechanical fault and the car rammed into it from the rear side.