Four Mumbai Residents Killed In Car Crash On Gujarat Expressway

Kamrej: At least four people were killed after their speeding car crashed into the rear of a stalled dumper truck on an expressway near Surat, Gujarat, on Friday, police said.

The collision took place on the highway near the outskirts of Digas and Dhatva villages in the Kamrej taluka of Surat district, resulting in the death of four people from Maharashtra.

According to police, the victims were travelling from Mumbai to the Shankheshwar Raiji Temple when the mishap occurred. A case has been registered, and initial investigations found that the driver of the dumper truck suddenly stopped the vehicle on the highway due to a mechanical failure in the vehicle’s air pressure system," they said.

​ The driver of the approaching sports car rammed violently into the truck’s rear after failing to brake in time, police added. Surat District Traffic Police Sub-Inspector Ishwarsinh Sisodia said the impact was so severe that the front section and roof of the car were damaged completely.

All the occupants died on the spot as they were trapped inside the vehicle," he said.