6 killed,30 hurt in road mishap

Six persons,including five women,were killed and at least 30 others injured,11 of them critically,when their mini-truck overturned after it collided with a tractor on Kinkhlod-Umeta Road,about 20 kms from here,police said.

According to police,the accident took place when at least 35 women were returning in the ill-fated vehicle from Bhadraniya village after attending a religious function and were headed towards Koyali in Vadodara.

The injured have been admitted to SSG Hospital in Vadodara,a private hospital at Borsad and a community health centre at Anklav,police said.

Among the five dead women,three were identified as Madhuben Thakorebhai Patel,Sudhaben Bipinbhai Patel and Jethna Harish Patel,police said,adding the identity of other deceased was being established.