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Gujarat: Four die of suffocation inside septic tank in Surat

Updated on: 14 November,2023 10:59 PM IST  |  Surat
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Four labourers reportedly died of asphyxiation after entering a septic tank at a dyeing unit in in Gujarat's Palsana locality in Surat on Tuesday evening, police said

Gujarat: Four die of suffocation inside septic tank in Surat

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Four labourers reportedly died of asphyxiation after entering a septic tank at a dyeing unit in Surat's Palsana locality on Tuesday evening, police said, according to the PTI.


The incident took place at a factory on Palsana-Katodara road on Tuesday evening.


Two labourers fell unconscious while cleaning the septic tank, and two others who tried to rescue them too fainted, said an official of Pansala police station, reported the PTI.


All four were taken out of the tank and rushed to the hospital where doctors declared them brought dead, the police official said.

The deceased hailed from Bihar and their identities were being ascertained, he added.

Meanwhile, in an another incident in Uttar Pradesh, as many as six people were reportedly killed when their car collided with a truck at Rampurtiraha on the Delhi-Haridwar national highway early Tuesday, a police official said, according to the PTI.

Circle officer (Sadar) Vinay Gautam told PTI that the accident took place at around 4 am when the victims, who hailed from Shahdara in Delhi and Meerut, were on their way to Haridwar for sightseeing.

"The accident looks like a case of overspeeding or maybe the driver fell asleep and the vehicle rammed into the truck, bearing a Punjab registration number, from behind," the Circle officer said, reported the PTI.

"The entire car got stuck under the truck. Police with the help of the locals and a crane brought the car out. All the occupants of the car were found dead, yet they were taken to the district hospital, where the doctors declared dead," he said, as per the PTI.

Those killed have been identified as Kunal (23), Shivam Tyagi (22), Paras Sharma (18), Dheeraj (22) and Vishal (20), all from Delhi, and Meerut resident Aman (22), police said, the news agency reported on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Yogesh Kumar, an eyewitness, also said that the accident took place at around 4 am and the six car occupants had died on the spot.

The truck driver fled from the spot leaving the vehicle behind, which has been seized by the police, he said.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, the CO said, adding that the family members of the victims have been informed about the accident.

(with PTI inputs)

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