Eight dead in collision between jeep and truck in Gujarat

Eight people were killed and over a score injured today after their jeep was hit by a speeding truck near Kundla village in Vijaynagar taluka in Sabarkantha district, police said.
An official from Vijaynagar police station said that the jeep, carrying 31 farm labourers on their way to work at a potato farm, was going from Khedbrahma to Idar.
A speeding truck, coming from the opposite direction, rammed into the jeep killing three people instantly, the official said.
Five others died while undergoing treatment at hospitals in Khedbrahma and Himmatnagar, he informed.
All the eight who died are from Navabhaga village, the official said. He added that the truck driver had fled the scene and a search was on for him.