Bus crashes into truck on highway in Vadodara, killing six, leaving 20 injured

“Six persons were killed and astir 20 others injured aft a backstage autobus rammed into a parked motortruck connected a road successful Gujarat's Vadodara territory successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday (June 17, 2026),” constabulary said. The mishap occurred adjacent Kotambi colony connected the Vadodara-Halol road astatine astir 4 a.m.

“The luxury bus, heading from Rajasthan to Surat successful Gujarat, crashed into the rear broadside of the truck,” Vadodara District Superintendent of Police (SP) Sushil Agrawal said. “The motortruck had been parked connected the roadside arsenic its operator was checking tyre unit erstwhile the speeding autobus deed it from behind,” helium said.

"The interaction of the collision was severe, and the beforehand information of the autobus was wholly crushed. Six persons died successful the accident, portion astir 20 others sustained injuries and were shifted to hospitals for treatment," Mr. Agrawal said.

“A bulk of the passengers travelling successful the autobus were from Rajasthan,” the authoritative said. Personnel from the Jarod constabulary presumption successful Vadodara agrarian rushed to the spot aft receiving accusation astir the mishap and launched rescue operations.

“Considering the grade of harm to the bus, teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were besides called to assistance successful the rescue efforts,” the SP said, adding that further probe was nether way.