Four die as car crashes into truck in Gujarat

SURAT: Four persons including three businessmen from Surat city died and two others were injured when the car in which they were travelling crashed into a moving truck near Alipore in Navsari district on National Highway (NH) 48.
Police said that the driver of the car lost control of the vehicle on a flyover bridge, and jumped the road divider before crashing into the truck coming from the opposite direction.
The deceased were identified as Amit Thadani (41), Gurang Arora (40), Rohit Mahlu (40) - the three businessmen from Surat. The driver of the car Mohammad Patel (19) also died on the spot.
The injured - Rishi Engineer and Vikas Saraf - were admitted to a private hospital in the city with serious injuries. According to police, the accident occurred at about 5.30 am on the Alipore flyover bridge. "It seems that the car driver dozed off and lost control of the vehicle," said Chikhli police.
"The five others in the car were friends who had gone to Bangkok. They landed at Mumbai airport early on Monday and were returning in the car," said a friend of one of the injured persons.