On Friday morning, a stationary trailer truck was hit by a speeding truck on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway near Anand in Gujarat, killing two people and causing a traffic jam on the busy highway.
According to police, the driver and conductor of the speeding truck were killed in the accident.
According to A D Puvar, the sub-inspector at Vasad police station in Anand, “The trailer truck carrying iron materials stopped on one of the tracks on the highway due to flat tyres. The indicator was on as the truck driver arranged for changing the tires. Around 7 am, a speeding Eicher truck hit the trailer from behind, killing two in the speeding truck.”
Puvar added that a crane was called from the National Highways Authority of India but it was a small one. “So, a bigger one was arranged and is on the way. Since the vehicles occupied the space on one track, the vehicular movement became difficult, hence there was a jam,” added Puvar.