Three killed after bus rams into truck in Gujarat

In an unfortunate incident, three people were killed and seven others sustained injuries when a private luxury bus carrying a marriage party rammed into a parked truck tanker in Gujarat's Tapi.

Surat: At least three people, including a woman, were killed and seven seriously injured when a private luxury bus carrying a marriage party rammed into a parked truck in Tapi district of Gujarat on Friday morning, police said.

The accident took place on the Vyara-Bajipura National Highway near Valod village, they said.

The luxury bus was carrying members of a marriage party from Malegaon in Maharashtra to Surat in south Gujarat, said inspector V R Vasava of the Valod police station.

The accident victims have been identified as Naeem Haji Rashid Maniyar, 51, Azhar Aziz Maniyar, 22 and Noor Mohammad Fakir Mohammad, 45, all residents of Malegaon.

"Three passengers died on the spot while seven others were seriously injured in the accident that took place early today morning," said the police.

It appears the bus driver could not spot the tanker- truck parked on the roadside and rammed into it from the rear end, said Vasava.

With agency inputs