Five pilgrims of Gujarat dead in road mishap near Abu road

Palanpur: At least five pilgrims from Bharuch in Gujarat including a woman died a tragic death in a road mishap near Abu Road of neighbouring Rajasthan late last night, police said today.

A jeep bringing back the pilgrims from Ramdevra in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan was hit by a speeding truck from backside on Sirohi-Abu road highway.

Five people including a woman in the ill-fated jeep died on the spot while two injured have been admitted to a hospital in Abu road. All of them were residents of Bharuch.
The truck driver fled the scene after the mishap.

The traffic on the Sirho-Abu road highway remained disrupted for sometime owing to the mishap. It became normal after the police removed the badly damaged jeep from the road.

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