4 killed as van hits bus in Gujarat

Surendranagar, May 2

Four people were killed and two others grievously injured when their van collided head-on with a bus near Limbdi in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district on Monday, police said.

The six people were going from Rajkot to Rajasthan to attend a marriage when the accident took place at around 2.30 am near Katariya village on Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway, over 100 km from Ahmedabad.

Their van hit a bus coming from the opposite direction, an official from Limbdi police station said.

Four of the van passengers died on the spot, while two others suffered serious injuries, he said.

All the four deceased, in their 20s, were residents of Rajkot, he said.

“The injured were rushed to a hospital at Limbdi. Further investigation is under way,” the official said.