Five killed as car rams into truck

Rajkot: Five persons were killed after the car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck on the Morbi-Maliya highway. Police said that all the victims hailed from Rajasthan and were residents of Morbi.
Police identified the deceased as Anand Singh Shekhawat (35), Ashok Birda (25), Tarachand Barala (24), Bijendra Singh Shekhawat (26) and Dinesh alias Rajesh Jat (24). They were returning to their homes at Ganeshnagar in Morbi. Anand Singh owned a transport business at Bharatnagar and the four others worked for him.
Around 10 pm when their car was passing by Timbdi village, a bike rider ahead of them suddenly changed his lane. Trying to save the bike rider, Anand, who was driving the car at high speed, lost control over the vehicle as it rammed into a truck parked on the side of the highway.
Police said that the entire front body of the car was left mangled by the high-impact collision. All the five passengers of the car died on the spot. “Eye-witnesses said that the car suddenly moved towards the side of the road. When we investigated further it was learnt that a biker had suddenly changed his lane and came in front of the car,” said a police official.