Man, 5-yr-old son killed as CNG truck catches fire
A 50-year-old man and his minor son were killed after their CNG-powered mini truck caught fire in Navagam village of Sayla taluka of Surendranagar district Sunday.
Officers of Dhajala police station said the incident occurred at 11:30 am when Lalji Khorani, a soft drink delivery man, was returning to his native village of Chiroda in adjoining Chotila taluka. “The mini truck caught fire suddenly when it was negotiating a curve. Khorani and his five-year-old son Amit were trapped in the driver’s cabin as the doors locked. The father-son duo was killed before farmers working in the nearby agricultural fields spotted the truck on fire, rushed to the spot and doused the fire,” Mukeshdan Ishrani, police sub-inspector (PSI) of Dhajala told The Indian Express.
