19 killed in India road crash

At least nineteen people were killed and six others injured as a truck overturned on Ahmedabad-Bhavnagar highway in western Indian state of Gujarat early today.

The cement-laden truck coming from Pipavav Port in Bhavnagar district turned turtle on the road at a village early in the morning after its driver lost control over the steering, our New Delhi correspondent reports quoting police.

A total of 25 labourers were travelling in the truck during the accident, said RV Asari, Ahmedabad superintendent of police.

Of the 19 victims, 18 died on the spot while another died in a hospital, said the police official.