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Two Major Road Accidents in Gujarat Leave Seven Dead and Several Injured
- •A motorcyclist was killed and two others were seriously injured after being hit by a JCB on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Highway in Kamrej, Surat.
- •CCTV footage showed the JCB shifting lanes before its bucket collided with the motorcycle, causing the fatal crash.
- •In a separate incident on the Bhavnagar-Somnath Highway near Trapaj village, six people died on the spot when a Bolero pickup rammed into a trailer.
- •Alang police and emergency teams rushed to the sites to conduct rescue operations and investigate the circumstances of both tragedies.
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The accident occurred when a JCB vehicle was moving from the third lane to the first lane and its bucket collided with a motorcycle. The impact caused the motorcyclist to fall onto the road, resulting in fatal injuries on the spot, while two other individuals sustained serious injuries and were hospitalized.
The tragedy took place near Trapaj village on the Bhavnagar-Somnath Highway when a Bolero pickup violently collided with the rear end of a trailer. The massive impact resulted in the deaths of six people traveling in the Bolero on the spot, with another person seriously injured and rushed to a government hospital.
Following the horrific crashes, local authorities including the Alang police and the 108 emergency response teams immediately rushed to the incident sites to launch rescue and relief operations. Police have also launched thorough investigations into the circumstances surrounding the collisions, reviewing evidence such as CCTV footage of the lane-changing JCB.
