Ten dead as SUV gets boxed between trucks in Bhachau

RAJKOT: As many as 10 people lost their lives when the SUV they had been travelling in was once badly mangled after you have sandwiched between two vehicles sporting cargo boxes close to Chirai village of Bhachau taluka in Kutch district on Sunday night time.

According to police, the SUV was once riding between two vehicles — one going ahead and the other coming from at the back of. “The truck going ahead abruptly applied brakes, following which the SUV rammed into its rear and the truck coming from at the back of rammed into it,” said an reliable from Bhachau police station.

“The deceased are from Bhuj. We have extracted 10 bodies thus far. The paintings to take away the mangled remains of the SUV continues to be beneath method. The injured had been rushed to hospitals in Bhuj and Bhachau,” Parikshita Rathod, Kutch (east) superintend of police, advised TOI. The toll is likely to mount as a number of other sufferers are feared trapped within the SUV. The coincidence caused a significant site visitors jam at the highway. The identities of the deceased are but to be ascertained.

All sufferers belonged to the same circle of relatives and had been going to their house in Bhuj.