Rajkot: Five persons, including a woman, were killed when a private luxury bus in which they were travelling overturned near Morbi town of Rajkot district on Friday morning.
Nearly thirty persons, mainly members of the trade unions and chamber of commerce in Rajpipla town near Vadodara, were going to Kutch in the private bus to visit the Rann-Utsav, police said.
The driver lost control of the vehicle while trying to avoid hitting an animal, police said, adding that the speeding bus overturned killing five persons on the spot, while nineteen others were injured in the incident.
The deceased were identified as Vikram Parikh, Ashok Doshi, Ahmad Pancholi, Biharilal Shah and Krishnaben Rawal, police said.
Nearly thirty persons, mainly members of the trade unions and chamber of commerce in Rajpipla town near Vadodara, were going to Kutch in the private bus to visit the Rann-Utsav, police said.
The driver lost control of the vehicle while trying to avoid hitting an animal, police said, adding that the speeding bus overturned killing five persons on the spot, while nineteen others were injured in the incident.
The deceased were identified as Vikram Parikh, Ashok Doshi, Ahmad Pancholi, Biharilal Shah and Krishnaben Rawal, police said.
Advertisement
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
Now, Accident Victims In Haryana To Get Free Cashless Treatment Facility Uber's Premium Bus Service In Delhi-NCR Starts In August, Will Have AC, WiFi, CCTV 26 Dead In Peru After Bus Plummets Into Ravine At Olympics Opening Ceremony, Drag Parody Of 'The Last Supper' Draws Flak Centre Fact-Checks Mamata Banerjee's Mic-Off Claim, She Hits Back Why Was Woman In Bengaluru Hostel Murdered? What Initial Probe Reveals 5 Children Among 8 Killed After Car Falls Into Gorge In J&K's Anantnag Rape accused, Missing For 5 Months, Arrested In J&K's Ramban: Police "Goa Would Have Collapsed Had The Congress Rule Continued": Kiren Rijiju Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.