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Traffic returned to normalcy after cranes removed the vehicles involved in the accident. Rajkot: In a multiple-vehicle accident involving a race among two heavy vehicles, one person was killed and 10 injured in Nani Moladi village near Chotila in Surendranagar district on Tuesday morning.According to the details of the accident, a truck and a tanker were engaged in a race on the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway. Those injured in the accident were passengers of the bus.Meanwhile, a major traffic snarl was caused due to the accident on the highway, one side of which remained blocked for nearly two hours. Police are yet to ascertain his identity. “Both the vehicles rammed into the rear of another tanker carrying high bond cement supply, following which the tanker rammed into the side of a GSRTC bus ahead, which fell to the side of the road and turned turtle,” said Bamanbor PSI R R Bansal.The tanker driver, who was involved in the race, died in the accident..