4 killed as pipes roll off truck in Surendranagar

The truck driver managed to run away after the incident and police said efforts were on to arrest him.

Four persons were killed and three others were injured after heavy steel pipes fell off a truck-trailer and rolled over them on National Highway 8 in Limdi town of Surendrangar on Tuesday.

The truck-trailer carrying steel pipes overturned while negotiating a traffic junction in Limdi at 9:15 am. As the trailer turned on its side, pipes rolled off it and fell on the victims who were standing on the roadside. The pipes also damaged an auto-rickshaw and a van, police said.

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The victims were identified as Dipak Makwana of Gondal; Chandrika Makwana and Mahendra Chavda of Rajkot, and Kanaiya Dalwadi of Limdi. Police said that three other persons who were injured in the incident were hospitalised.

The truck driver managed to run away after the incident and police said efforts were on to arrest him.