Four women were killed and 16 others injured when a pickup van collided with a truck in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district, police said on Tuesday.
Inspector IB Valvi of the local police station said that the incident took place near Chotila at around 10:30 pm on Monday night.
There were 20 passengers in the van. He said that after the collision, two of them died on the spot while two others died in the hospital.
The van was going towards Somnath from Shiyani village in Limbdi taluka of the district. The truck coming from the opposite direction took a right turn to stop at a roadside hotel and the collision occurred, the officer said.
The victims were going to Somnath to perform ‘Pitru Tarpan’, a ritual for dead ancestors.
All the 16 injured persons are undergoing treatment at Rajkot Civil Hospital.
The deceased, who were related to each other, were identified as Magjiben Retharia (72), Galalben Retharia (60), Manjuben Retharia (65) and Gauriben Retharia (68).