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30 killed as wedding party truck overturns in Gujarat

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Ahmedabad: A truck carrying a wedding party plunged off a bridge in western India early on Tuesday and killed at least 30 people, mostly women and children, officials said.


Police in Gujarat state said the accident happened after the truck driver tried to overtake a van but lost control of the vehicle, plunging eight metres (26 feet) into a dry


riverbed.


Images from the scene showed bloodied passengers being assisted by bystanders as the dead were covered in sheets.


Many passengers were trapped under the vehicle that overturned after it crashed through the bridge railing and nosedived into the ground.


A M Sayyed, local deputy superintendent of police, said the initial death toll rose after five passengers died from their injuries in hospital.


Nearly 60 people were travelling in the open truck and most victims were women and children, local police officer K J Kadapda said.


Many of the injured were in critical condition and officials fear the death toll could rise further.


The accident happened in Bhavnagar district about 200 kilometres from the state capital Ahmedabad. Authorities have announced financial aid of 400,000 rupees ($6,148) to the family of each of the deceased. — AFP


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