Gujarat Bus Crashes Into SUV After Driver Suffers Heart Attack, 9 Dead

The luxurious bus was going from Surat to Valsad.

New Delhi:

Nine folks died and 28 had been injured in a horrific crash between a bus and an SUV automobile in Gujarat’s Navsari district early on Saturday morning. A bus full of individuals coming back from the Pramukh Swami Maharaj Shatabdi Mahotsav occasion from Surat rammed right into a Toyota Fortuner automobile on the Navsari nationwide freeway quantity 48 after the motive force suffered a coronary heart assault and misplaced management of the automobile. He was taken to a hospital for remedy, the place he died.

Eight of the 9 occupants of the automobile died, and 28 folks within the bus had been injured. 11 had been taken to a personal hospital. The luxurious bus was going from Surat to Valsad.

The accident occurred close to Vesma village, whereas the SUV was coming from the wrong way, Navsari Superintendent of Police (SP) Rushikesh Upadhyay stated.

Those travelling within the SUV had been residents of Ankleshwar in Gujarat, and they had been on their approach again to their hometown from Valsad, Mr Upadhyay stated, including that the passengers of the bus had been from Valsad.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah condoled the deaths in a Twitter put up.

“The street accident in Gujarat’s Navsari is heartbreaking. My condolences to those that have misplaced their households on this tragedy. May God give them the energy to bear the ache. The native administration is giving instant remedy to the injured, praying for his or her speedy restoration,” he tweeted in Gujarati.

ગુજરાતના નવસારીમાં થયેલ સડક દુર્ઘટના હૃદયદ્રાવક છે. આ દુર્ઘટનામાં જેમણે પોતાના પરિજનો ગુમાવ્યા છે તેમના પ્રત્યે સંવેદના વ્યક્ત કરું છું. ભગવાન તેમને દુ:ખ સહન કરવાની શક્તિ આપે. સ્થાનિક વહીવટીતંત્ર ઘાયલોને તાત્કાલિક સારવાર આપી રહ્યું છે, તેઓની ઝડપથી સ્વસ્થ થવાની પ્રાર્થના કરુ છું.

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 31, 2022

The crash led to visitors disruption on the freeway, after which the police acquired the bus faraway from the street utilizing a crane and visitors resumed as common.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed the inaugural perform of the Pramukh Swami Maharaj Shatabdi Mahotsav in Ahmedabad on December 14. 

In this programme, I can see each facet of India’s vibrancy and variety. I wish to respect the saints and seers for pondering of a programme of this nature and at such a scale. People from all around the world are coming to pay homage to HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj Ji: PM Modi pic.twitter.com/fVeJCfTxad

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) December 14, 2022

The occasion began on December 15, and is scheduled to go on until January 15, 2023.