The police found alcohol bottles in the car and have booked both the driver and his female friend under relevant sections of the IPC and Prohibition Act.
As traffic flow on the highway near Kandari in the Karjan taluka was already impeded due to a container truck breaking down on the Bharuch-Vadodara lane, the trailer, speeding from Bharuch towards Vadodara, struck the five cars and the auto rickshaw, resulting in fatalities and critical injuries, sources said. Gujarat Road Accident: Speeding Trailer Truck Collides With Five Cars and Autorickshaw in Vadodara; Two Killed and Nine Injured.
Fatehgunj police station in Vadodara on Wednesday booked the deceased Swami for rash and negligent driving even as his co-passenger Arjun Thakur is recovering from injuries sustained in the crash.
"The driver of the car, in which the groom was travelling, pressed on the accelerator instead of the brakes and ran over the people, who were dancing to the DJ music in the procession," said Vadodara district police