Gujarat: Three killed in car-auto collision

RAJKOT: Three persons were killed and six injured when the autorickshaw they were travelling in overturned after a car rammed into from behind on Salangpur-Barwala Road of Barwala taluka in

Botad district

on Wednesday night.


Police said the deceased, identified as Manu Solanki (40), Sumitra Solanki (38) and Vishnu Solanki (17), were going to Salangpur Hanuman Temple on a pilgrimage from their village Pandoli of Petlad taluka in

Anand district

in the autorickshaw.

“We have booked the unidentified car driver who fled the scene after causing the accident. After being hit by the car, the rickshaw turned turtle by the roadside and fell into a pit,” said an official from Barwala police station. Six other passengers in the rickshaw also received injuries, he added.