3 killed, 2 injured after unidentified vehicle hits auto-rickshaw in Gujarat

Surendranagar, January 5

Three persons were killed and two others injured after an unidentified vehicle hit their auto-rickshaw in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district, police said on Wednesday.

The accident took place late Tuesday night near Chuli village on a national highway connecting Dhrangadhra to Halvad in the district when the victims were returning home after work in a factory, they said.

The auto-rickshaw was going towards Kutch district when it was hit by the speeding vehicle, an official from Dhrangadhra taluka police station said.

Two men and a woman, in the age group of 18-19 years, died in the accident, he said.

Besides, two other women were injured and undergoing treatment at a medical facility, he said, adding that all the victims hailed from Jiva village in the district.

Efforts were on to trace the vehicle, which hit the auto-rickshaw, he said. PTI