In the dimly-lit hours of Friday evening, tragedy unfolded in Nadiad, Gujarat. A collision between a cement tanker and a bus on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway claimed two lives and left several others with injuries.
The narrative painted by the local authorities tells a harrowing tale. The ill-fated bus, en route from Ahmedabad to Pune, lost control, careening into the roadside after breaching the railing. As the Superintendent of Police, Rajesh Gadhiya, somberly reports, “Approximately 23 passengers were on board when this calamity occurred.”
In a sudden twist of fate, the cement tanker veered sharply to the left, mercilessly colliding with the unsuspecting bus. The aftermath was grim – two souls lost, and a multitude left grappling with injuries. “Medical treatment is underway for the injured, and a comprehensive legal response will be initiated against the tanker driver,” stated Gadhiya, determination etched in his words.
This unsettling incident follows closely on the heels of another mishap just days prior. On a fateful Wednesday, chaos ensued as a tanker capsized on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai National Highway, near Vaghaldhara village in Gujarat’s Valsad district. The Dungri police, accompanied by a fleet of fire tenders, rushed to the scene upon receiving word of the blaze, battling the flames that threatened to consume the highway.