Sabarkantha (Gujarat) | Six persons were killed and four others injured after a private bus rammed into a van on a highway in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district on Wednesday, police said.

The van carrying passengers was on its way from Shamlaji to Himmatnagar when the speeding bus hit it from behind, Gambhoi police station inspector Alpesh Chaudhary said.

Six passengers of the van were killed, and four others suffered injuries, he said.

The injured persons were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, the police said.