Overview
- A private sleeper bus collided with a tanker near Sangani in Surendranagar early Thursday, killing four people and injuring ten, with police saying 27 were on board.
- Investigators say early findings point to a tyre burst on the tanker that led to sudden braking and a rear-end hit by the bus.
- Officials and local reports describe the tanker as carrying asphalt, a road-binding material that can burn at high heat and intensify fires.
- Motorists and villagers broke bus windows to pull people out before fire crews arrived, and the injured were taken to Chotila Government Hospital and Rajkot Civil Hospital.
- Police filed an FIR for rash and negligent driving against the missing tanker driver, and officials said DNA tests will be used to identify the four victims.