Ahmedabad, July 18: In a horrific incident, nine people of the same family were killed after a car caught fire following a collision with a truck in Gujarat’s Tankara town. According to reports, the incident took place on Rajkot-Morbi Highway near Morbi district's Tankara area. on Tuesday night.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-2, Rajkot, Karanraj Veghela was quoted by ANI saying that all the deceased are from the same family. “The car they were travelling in ran on gas. It caught fire soon after the collision with the truck coming from the opposite direction,’’ a police officer added.

Police informed that the truck driver fled from the spot soon after the accident. A case against the unidentified truck driver has been registered. According to a report by Hindustan Times, the family was travelling in a Maruti Eco car from Kutch and were on their way back to Rajkot.

A Rajkot district official was quoted in the report saying that seven people had died on the spot while two breathed their last in the hospital. “By Wednesday morning all the nine who were travelling together died”, the district official informed.

The deceased have been identified as Balwant Kaladiya (64), Mahesh Kaladiya (47), Sangita Kaladiya (45), Rajesh Kaladiya (45), Bhavna Kaladiya (42) and their driver Jayanti Adsesara (40), Ramesh Kaladiya (57), Meena Kaladiya (52), Saagar Kaladiya (24), the report mentioned.

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