Surendranagar (Gujarat) [India], August 17 (ANI): Eight people were killed after a massive collision between two cars near Surendranagar in Gujarat on Sunday, police said.

Speaking to the reporters, Surendranagar DSP Girish Kumar Pandya said, 'On the highway connecting Lakhtar and Surendranagar, there was a collision between two cars. And after the collision, Maruti Dzire came into the lap of fire, and all eight people in Maruti Dzire died due to the fire.'

DSP Pandya further informed that the police have shifted all the bodies to the hospital, and identification and post-mortem of the bodies are underway.

Further investigation is underway.

Meanwhile, a man died after being allegedly hit by a car at the roadside in Delhi's Moti Nagar area, Delhi police said on Saturday.

The incident took place on Friday when the car hit the deceased, indentified as Bikshu Lal (40) while he was standing on his bike at the roadside, police said. Police said that they were searching for the accused, who fled the scene after the accident.

Nomi Lal, the brother of Bikshu Lal told ANI that they came to know about the incident on Saturday morning after their calls went unanswered.

'He left home last night, telling his son that he would be back in 10 minutes...The whole night, his son was calling, and we were looking for his father. In the morning, we found out what had happened. He was hit by a car so badly that his bike was completely destroyed, and he suffered injuries to his chest...We want appropriate action to be taken... My brother has five children, and he was the sole breadwinner in the family,' he said.

Earlier, a trailer went up in flames on the morning of August 1 along the Gandhidham-Kandla highway in Gujarat's Kutch district, prompting immediate firefighting efforts by local authorities. Visuals show thick plumes of smoke billowing from the trailer, which was seen engulfed in flames by the roadside. Fire and emergency response teams rushed to the scene and launched operations to bring the blaze under control. (ANI)