Liquor-laden SUV turns turtle, driver dead

Rajkot: A driver of a liquor-laden SUV died after the vehicle overturned near Ghatila village in Maliya-Miyana taluka of Morbi district early on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Suresh Sharma (27), a native of Rajasthan who lived in Halvad town of Morbi.

According to police, the accident took place near Ghatila village on the Ahmedabad-Kutch highway.

The driver believed to be moving at high speed, lost control of the SUV and went off road before the vehicle turned turtle. The deceased got crushed under the SUV and died on the spot.

Police said that the SUV was loaded with liquor bottles. Only 126 bottle were intact, rest all got damaged in the accident. It is suspected that liquor cache was being brought from Rajasthan for distribution among local bootleggers.