According to police, the group of seven devotees from Vaghodia village in Vadodara district were traveling in a car (GJ 06 PR 3019) towards Mumbai for Ganesh darshan. Around 7:30 p.m., as they approached the Fountain Hotel area in Naigaon jurisdiction, their vehicle rammed into a truck (MH 03 CV 6268) that was parked on the highway.