Gujarat Tragedy: 5 Killed As SUV Collides With Bus in Banaskantha District, 9 Injured

Palanpur: In a tragic incident, five persons were killed and nine others injured as a sports utility vehicle (SUV) collided with a bus in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, police said on Thursday. 

The deceased have been identified as Dilip Khokhria (32), Mevliben (28), their two sons Rohit (6) and Ritwik (3), and one Sundariben Solanki (60). 

According to officials, the bus met with an accident at around 4.30 pm. The bus was operating under the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation.

5 Killed in Road Accident in Gujarat 

“The bus was going towards Sirohi in Rajasthan when the accident took place. A preliminary probe revealed that the driver of the SUV, who died in the accident, was driving carelessly on the wrong side of the highway," cops said. 

The officials said the SUV driver entered the highway from the wrong side and rammed his vehicle into the bus, which was going towards Sirohi from Ahmedabad. 

Nine persons were also left injured in the incident. 

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Meanwhile, a 27-year-old event management professional, identified as Suchandra Chattopadhyay, lost her life in a tragic road accident in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district on Monday. 

The incident occurred when her car overturned while racing with another vehicle near Panagarh. Initially, claims surfaced that harassment by eve-teasers in the other vehicle led to the accident, but a senior police officer later dismissed these allegations, stating that Chattopadhyay's car was actually following the other vehicle.