GJ-ACCIDENT-DEATHS

Guj: Mud pile causes autorickshaw-police MUV collision, 3 dead
    Botad, Oct 15 (PTI) Three persons were killed and two
injured after their autorickshaw rammed into a police multi-
utility vehicle at Barvala Cross Road in Gujarat's Botad
district late Monday night, an official said.
    The accident was caused by a pile of mud on the road
and an unidentified contractor has been booked for negligence
leading to death, Sub-Inspector Shaktisinh Zala of Barvala
police station said.
    "The autorickshaw driver Vinod Sadariya, who is among
the deceased, has been booked for rash driving under section
279 of the IPC. Two others who died have been identified as
Manji Vaghela and Mohammad Shah. Two injured persons have been
shifted to hospitals in Bhavnagar and Ahmedabad," he said.
    "The autorickshaw dashed into a vehicle belonging to
Botad police station. Half the road was blocked by mud
excavated for laying cables. The mud pile was not visible from
a distance and may have been the cause of the accident," he
said. PTI COR PJT PD
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