In the small hours of a Tuesday in December, a car near Bagasara in Gujarat's Amreli district lost its grip on the road and folded around a tree, leaving four people trapped in the wreckage. Three of them did not survive the night, and one was carried to the civil hospital, a reminder of how quickly an ordinary journey can turn into a question of chance. The crash arrives in the shadow of a deadly pileup on the Yamuna Expressway that had claimed thirteen lives only days before, and together the two events speak to a recurring toll that roads exact from families. What caused the car to lose con
Three Killed, One Injured as Car Hits Tree in Gujarat's Amreli District
Three people died and one was injured when the car crashed into a tree in Amreli, Gujarat.
Four people were pulled from the wreck; only one was alive
In the small hours of a Tuesday in December, a car near Bagasara in Gujarat's Amreli district lost its grip on the road and folded around a tree, leaving four people trapped in the wreckage. Three of them did not survive the night, and one was carried to the civil hospital, a reminder of how quickly an ordinary journey can turn into a question of chance. The crash arrives in the shadow of a deadly pileup on the Yamuna Expressway that had claimed thirteen lives only days before, and together the two events speak to a recurring toll that roads exact from families. What caused the car to lose control remains unknown, and that open question is where the story now rests.
The emergency call came in at about 3 am on Tuesday: several people were stuck inside a vehicle near Bagasara, in Gujarat's Amreli district. The information moved from the 112 line to the fire department, which sent a crew roughly 8 km from the town.
When they arrived, they found a car that had reportedly lost control and struck a tree. The impact had set the vehicle on fire. Fire Incharge Officer SP Sartheja said the team moved immediately, put out the flames, and pulled four people from the wreck.
The outcome was devastating. Three of those rescued had died, and their bodies were handed to police for post-mortem. The one survivor was taken to the civil hospital. Victims' names, ages and the survivor's condition have not been made public.
The crash came days after a pileup on the Yamuna Expressway killed 13 people, an event that drew compensation announcements and condolences from national leaders. Here, the cause of the crash remains unexplained. The post-mortems and the investigation are pending, and the next answers will come from Amreli police and the hospital.
The call reached the emergency line at about 3 am on Tuesday: several people were stuck inside a vehicle near Bagasara, in Gujarat's Amreli district. The caller dialed 112, and the information was passed to the fire department, which sent a team to a spot roughly 8 km from the town.
What the crew found was a car that had reportedly lost control and struck a tree. The collision had set the vehicle on fire. Police officials said the crash happened in the early hours of the morning, and the fire and emergency department treated it as urgent from the first report.
SP Sartheja, the Amreli Fire Incharge Officer, described the response. The team took immediate notice of the call, reached the site, and used its equipment to put out the fire. Firefighters then brought four people out of the wreck. He said the rescue was carried out quickly.
The outcome was grim. Of the four people rescued, only one was alive. That survivor was sent to the civil hospital for emergency care. The other three had died, and their bodies were handed over to the police and sent for post-mortem. Sartheja confirmed the same breakdown in a second statement: one survivor to the hospital, three bodies to police.
The opening lines of the Zee News report mention two injured, but the body of the story, quoting the fire officer, accounts for one survivor among four people pulled from the car. The count of the dead, three, is consistent throughout. The names and ages of the victims, and the survivor's condition, were not given in the report.
Visuals from the scene show the car badly damaged. The report notes that the force of the impact may have trapped the occupants inside, which fits with the emergency call describing people stuck in the vehicle. It does not say what caused the driver to lose control, and it gives no details on speed, road conditions or whether anyone was identified as the driver.
The report places the crash in a wider run of deadly road incidents. Days earlier, a pileup on the Yamuna Expressway involving several buses and cars left 13 people dead. Families of those victims were granted an ex-gratia payment of ₹2 lakh, announced by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who also offered condolences.
What remains open is the cause. The post-mortems on the three dead are pending, and the investigation into why the car left control and hit the tree has yet to produce public findings. The identities of the victims and the survivor's recovery are the next things to watch for from Amreli police and the civil hospital.
Citations marquantes
The emergency team rescued four people; one survivor has been sent to the civil hospital, while the bodies of the other three have been handed over to the police for post-mortem.— SP Sartheja, Amreli Fire Incharge Officer
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