Overview
- The Patel Travels bus had stopped on NE-1 near Nikol after a minor collision with an SUV, with hazard lights on, when a truck rear-ended it.
- Three passengers — Deepak Hasmukhlal Pandya of Mumbai, Ishwar Babu Rabari of Mehsana, and Somchand Viraji Thakor of Malad — died, and several others were injured.
- The crash occurred around 5 am Monday about 10 km from Ahmedabad, and emergency teams transported the injured to nearby hospitals.
- Kanbha police registered the FIR, booked driver Ramavtar Hanumanram Bishnoi under BNS provisions for rash or negligent driving and Motor Vehicles Act sections 177 and 184, and arrested him.
- Investigators are assessing overspeeding, potential driver negligence, and whether adequate warning measures were in place, and traffic on the expressway was later cleared.