Gujarat: Five dead, three injured in van-tanker collision
The Hindu
“The impact of the collision was so severe that it took hours to retrieve the bodies from the mangled van”
Five persons were killed and three others injured when the van they were travelling in was hit by a tanker near Valana village in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat early on November 20, police said.
The accident took place around 5 am on a road connecting Vataman to Bhavnagar, they said.
"Eight persons were travelling in the van to Khambhat in Anand district. The van was being driven on the wrong side of the road when it was hit by a tanker near Valana village. Four persons died on the spot, while another one succumbed to injuries on way to a hospital in Khambhat. The mishap also left three others injured," an official of Koth police station said.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.