India, Oct. 6 -- Seven people were killed after the SUV in which they were travelling crashed into a parked trailer truck on a service road along the Bhavnagar-Somnath national highway in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district on Tuesday, police said.

The victims were travelling from Bhavnagar to Alang, where they worked at a shipyard, Superintendent of Police Nitesh Pandey said.

The accident occurred around 10 am near Trapaj village in Talaja taluka, within the jurisdiction of Alang police station, when the speeding Bolero rammed into the rear of the stationary trailer, according to police.

"The trailer was parked on the service road of the highway near Trapaj village... A Bolero approaching from behind crashed into the rear of the trailer. Six...