Seven workers were killed and 20 to 22 others injured after a trailer and a truck collided head-on near the Khavda Renewable Energy Park in Gujarat’s Kutch district on Friday morning, police said.
According to Kutch West Superintendent of Police Vikas Sunda, the accident occurred on the road connecting the RE Park check post to the Khavda Renewable Energy Park. The two heavy vehicles, carrying labourers, collided head-on, causing one vehicle to lose balance and overturn onto the other.
Police personnel stationed at the check post rushed to the scene and arranged a crane from nearby companies to rescue workers trapped in the wreckage. The injured were taken to GK General Hospital in Bhuj for treatment.
Kutch Collector Anil Ranavasiya said a pickup vehicle carrying approximately 30 to 32 company workers collided with a truck near Khavda before overturning. Four of the deceased were from Uttar Pradesh and one was from Bihar, while two drivers were among the injured.
Teams from the Regional Transport Office (RTO) and the police have been deployed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the collision and determine its cause.
