7 Killed After Being Run Over by Truck in Gujarat’s Surendranagar
Surendranagar: Seven people were killed and some were injured when they were hit by a speeding truck on the roadside in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district in the early hours of Monday, police said.
Lakhtar police inspector Yogesh Patel said the incident took place on the Lakhtar-Viramgam highway around 1.30am when a group of pilgrims were walking from Rajkot to Bahucharaji as part of a procession to pray at a temple.
A carelessly driven truck ran over devotees on the outskirts of Bhaskarpara village in Lakhtar taluka of the district. Six pilgrims and the driver of a dump truck parked on the roadside were killed, the official said, adding that four of the dead were women.
The official said that the number of injured is not yet clear.
“The pilgrims were walking when they met with the accident. When they set out on foot to pray at a temple in Bahucharaji, they were hit by a truck coming from behind at full speed,” he said.
The official added that the truck driver fled the scene and efforts were on to catch him.
