3 killed, 2 injured after unidentified vehicle hits auto-rickshaw in Gujarat

Three persons were killed and two others injured after an unidentified vehicle hit their auto-rickshaw in Gujarats Surendranagar district, police said on Wednesday.The accident took place late Tuesday night near Chuli village on a national highway connecting Dhrangadhra to Halvad in the district when the victims were returning home after work in a factory, they said.The auto-rickshaw was going towards Kutch district when it was hit by the speeding vehicle, an official from Dhrangadhra taluka police station said.

Three persons were killed and two others injured after an unidentified vehicle hit their auto-rickshaw in Gujarat's Surendranagar district, police said on Wednesday.

The accident took place late Tuesday night near Chuli village on a national highway connecting Dhrangadhra to Halvad in the district when the victims were returning home after work in a factory, they said.

The auto-rickshaw was going towards Kutch district when it was hit by the speeding vehicle, an official from Dhrangadhra taluka police station said. Two men and a woman, in the age group of 18-19 years, died in the accident, he said. Besides, two other women were injured and undergoing treatment at a medical facility, he said, adding that all the victims hailed from Jiva village in the district.

Efforts were on to trace the vehicle which hit the auto-rickshaw, he said.

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