Five persons killed in road accident in Sonagadh
Surat, Apr 24 (UNI) Five people were killed in an accident early this morning when a truck collided head-on with a tempo.
Police said that the accident took place in Vardha village, Sonagadh taluk in Surat district. The mishap occurred when a truck in which some labourers were travelling collided with a tempo carrying members of a marriage party.
The dead were identified as Nokkiya Phosla Vasava (65), Manch Garia Vasava (55), Ramesh Gamia (25), all travelling in the tempo and Kumar Banani (40) and Raju Sahai (45) labourers travelling in the truck.
While the injured were admitted to the Bardoli Hospital, police arrested the truck driver.
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Story first published: Monday, April 24, 2006, 22:34 [IST]