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3 Dead, Around 20 Injured as Tourist Bus Hits Parked Truck in Gujarat’s Botad

Police said the bus, carrying tourists returning from Junagadh to Ranpur taluka, struck a stationary truck near Paliyad before dawn.

Overview

  • Police reported three fatalities and roughly 20 injuries after the pre-dawn crash on Monday.
  • The private bus collided with a truck parked on the roadside near Paliyad town in Botad district.
  • Passengers were tourists from a Ranpur taluka village returning home from Junagadh, according to police inspector Parbad Vanda.
  • The injured were transported to different hospitals for treatment, officials said.
  • The details were published in a PTI dispatch syndicated by News18, and the report did not cite any cause for the crash.