16 killed, 15 injured in two road accidents in Gujarat

Sixteen persons, including five women and a child, were killed and 15 others injured in two separate road accidents in Rajkot and Junagadh districts of Gujarat, police said today.
Seven persons were killed and 15 others injured when a truck collided with a bus carrying pilgrims near Junagadh town this morning, they said.
Besides, nine persons were killed when a jeep carrying 10 persons, including eight members of same family, collided with a truck on Rajkot city outskirts late last night.
The family members were taking a woman back home to Morbi from a hospital in Rajkot where she was admitted.

"As many as 10 persons were travelling in the jeep which collided head-on with a truck coming from opposite direction. Nine persons were killed, which included four women and a two-year-old boy," said D H Bhatt, police inspector of Kuvadava police station.
The deceased have been identified as - Ramaben Pansara (50), Jignesh Vahodiya (27), Chanda Vahodiya (25), Dinesh Parmar (30), his wife Sunita Dinesh Parmar (28), their son Anand (2), Ramaben's youngest daughter Sangeeta (18), Satish Halvadiya (24), and van driver Sanjay Sathvara.

In another accident, seven persons were killed and 15 others injured when their bus parked on roadside was hit by a speeding truck near Junagadh today, police said.

Nearly 35 people had gone on a pilgrimage tour to Haridwar in Uttarakhand and were going to Junagadh to take a dip in Damodar Kund when the mishap took place, they said.
"The bus was parked on a road near Junagadh when a speeding truck hit it from behind. All the passengers were seated in the bus when the accident happened," Junagadh taluka police station sub-inspector J D Pandya said.
The injured have been admitted to Junagadh civil hospital and a case has been lodged against the truck driver who is absconding, police said.
The deceased have been identified as - Bhikhu Chauhan (65), Prashant Gada (35), Kanji Hirpara (42), Chandu Chauhan (45), Shantibhai Dobariyua (50), Prabhaben Devji (65) and Jadav Rokad (60).