A tragic accident on the Rajkot-Chotila highway in Gujarat claimed four lives and left 10 others injured after a bus rammed into a tanker, triggering a huge fire. As per the information, the intensity of the blaze engulfed both vehicles within moments, leaving passengers trapped and causing chaos on the roadway.
Authorities confirmed that at least ten people suffered severe burn injuries and remain in critical condition. Emergency responders rushed the injured to nearby hospitals, where medical teams are working urgently to stabilise them. Officials said the condition of several victims is extremely serious.
What did the police say?
The incident occurred at around 1.30 am near Sangani village on the Chotila-Rajkot National Highway, Deputy Superintendent of Police SS Bhadoriya said. The private luxury bus was going towards Rajkot from Ahmedabad when it collided with an asphalt-laden tanker moving ahead of it. After the collision near Chotila, the bus caught fire. There were around 40 passengers in the bus, and several of them were rescued, Bhadoriya said.
"Four passengers were burnt alive in the collision between the private bus and the tanker filled with asphalt," Deputy Collector HT Makwana said. The injured persons were referred to Rajkot civil hospital, and the bodies were shifted to Chotila referral hospital for postmortem, Makwana said.
Tempo rams into truck in Anand
In a similar incident on Monday morning (May 11), four persons were killed and five others injured when a tempo they were travelling in crashed into a truck on a highway in Gujarat's Anand district on Monday morning, police said. The accident occurred on the Tarapur-Bagodra state highway. The tempo crashed into the rear side of a truck parked on the roadside. Four persons -- a 5-year-old child, two women and a man -- died on the spot, Tarapur police station inspector Mayur Sharma said.
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