Ahmedabad, May 10 (PTI) Five persons were killed when a state transport (ST) bus ran over them after it was hit by a speeding private bus in Kalol town of Gujarat's Gandhinagar district on Wednesday morning, police said.

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The accident took place at around 7.30 am at a local bus where some passengers were waiting for a bus, they said.

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They were run over by the ST bus, which was stationary but suddenly got pushed forward after being hit by a private luxury bus from behind, an official from Kalol police station said.

Five persons were killed and five to seven other people injured, she said.

The injured were taken to a government hospital, the official said.

The bodies were also sent to the hospital for post-mortem, she added.

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