Three dead as truck rams into tractor carrying devotees in Kutch district

Bhuj (Gujarat), Oct 2 (PTI) Two women and a child died and 11 others sustained injuries after a truck hit a tractor carrying people returning from pilgrimage in Gujarat's Kutch district on Wednesday, police said.

The tractor, carrying devotees returning from Ashapura Mata temple at Mata No Madh in Lakhpat taluka, was hit by the speeding trailer truck from behind.

Two women and a nine-year-old boy were killed on the spot. Of 11 persons who were injured, the condition of three was serious, said an official of Samakhiali police station.

All the victims were travelling by the tractor and belonged to Khakhrechi village in Morbi district, he said.

Further probe was on, the official added. PTI COR KA KRK