India, May 16 -- A van transporting 600 kilograms of silver bricks from Mumbai to Gujarat crashed into the divider at Charoti Naka on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway on Friday morning, killing the driver and the cleaner and leaving another occupant critically injured.

According to the highway traffic police, the van belonged to a Mumbai-based company, Nakoda Bullion, and it was en route to deliver a consignment to the 'Modison' company in Valsad, Gujarat. Around 6.30am, when the van was near the Charoti flyover, the driver lost control of the vehicle - the van crashed into the median divider on the Gujarat-bound carriageway and veered onto the Mumbai-bound carriageway, only to be hit by an oncoming trailer truck. The accident was so severe ...