Thu, 22 Oct, 2026, 09:55 am
Reported by CNBCTV18
Five people, including a mother-daughter duo, were killed in two road accidents in Vadodara and Surat districts of Gujarat, officials said on Wednesday.
In the first accident, two members of a family were killed and five others injured after their car rammed into a stationary truck on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway on Wednesday morning, Police Inspector JK Dangar said.
According to the FIR, the accident occurred within the limits of Mahapura village in Vadodara district when the car, driven by one Pringesh Parikh, rammed into the truck parked in the emergency lane of the expressway.
Parikh is suspected to have dozed off while driving, leading to the crash, the FIR stated.
The deceased were identified as Parikh’s wife, Minal, and their four-year-old daughter, Samaira.
