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10 Dead As Car Rams Truck On Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway

Gujarat Road Accident: The accident took place near NadiadTen people, including a child, were killed after a car drove into a truck on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway in Gujarat on Wednesday, police said. Those killed were all the occupants of the car, a Maruti Suzuki Ertiga, and were going to Ahmedabad from Vadodara. He said all the ten occupants of the car, including the driver and a five-year-old child, died in the crash, that took place near Nadiad in the Kheda district. The truck was on its way to Jammu from Pune in Maharashtra. The police said that the car passengers hailed from different cities of Gujarat, including Vadodara, Nadiad, and Ahmedabad, and only four of the victims were identified so far.

Gujarat Road Accident: The accident took place near Nadiad

Ten people, including a child, were killed after a car drove into a truck on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway in Gujarat on Wednesday, police said.

Those killed were all the occupants of the car, a Maruti Suzuki Ertiga, and were going to Ahmedabad from Vadodara. While eight people were reportedly killed on the spot, two others died while being taken to hospital.

A preliminary probe revealed 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, the news agency PTI reported citing Kheda Superintendent of Police Rajesh Gadhiya.

He said all the ten occupants of the car, including the driver and a five-year-old child, died in the crash, that took place near Nadiad in the Kheda district.

The truck was on its way to Jammu from Pune in Maharashtra.

The police said that the car passengers hailed from different cities of Gujarat, including Vadodara, Nadiad, and Ahmedabad, and only four of the victims were identified so far.

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