NEW DELHI, India, June 8 (NNN-PTI) – At least nine people were killed and five others injured Friday, after a vehicle carrying them overturned in the western Indian state of Gujarat, police said.
The accident took place at Ambaji’s Trisulia Ghat, in Banaskantha district, about 160 km north of Gandhinagar, the capital city of Gujarat.
The cause of the accident was not immediately known. However, police suspect the accident was caused due to failure in the brake of the vehicle.
Deadly road accidents are common in India, often due to overloading, bad condition of roads and reckless driving.
An official report says, on an average, 400 deaths take place every day in India, due to road accidents.– NNN-PTI
