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Five workers were killed and five others hurt Friday when a reactor blew up at a drug-making plant in Saykha, Gujarat. The plant is in the Saykha industrial area of Bharuch district, in the Vagra sub-district.

The blast hit the SynZeal Pharmachem plant. A reactor that holds 5,000 liters, about 1,300 gallons, reportedly exploded during a process called hydrogenation. The force threw machine parts and debris across the factory grounds and beyond them.

A suspected gas leak followed. People living nearby panicked, and several reported stinging eyes.

Officials named the dead. Jaydeep Patel and Bhavik Vasava were from Amod. Vrund Talaviya was from Talala, in Gir-Somnath district. Aniket Gautam and Arjunkumar Gautam were from Uttar Pradesh. Patel, who had a postgraduate degree in chemistry, worked as a senior officer. Talaviya was an officer in the production department. The rest were helpers at the plant.

Among the injured, Priyanshu Bahadurlal and Pratik Prajapati were sent to Vadodara for more advanced care. Pavan Gautam, Mausam Yadav and Shivdayal Yadav were treated and sent home.

Police have registered a case of accidental death and opened an investigation. Two other agencies are running their own inquiries: the Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board. A police officer said police will decide their next steps based on the reports from the different departments.

A safety department official said early findings show the plant started operating in June. About 20 people were inside when the explosion happened. Work on another plant and more buildings is still going on at the site.

Relatives of two children who drowned in Bhestan, in Surat, Gujarat, say it should never have happened. The open pit was not covered, they say, and no barricade surrounded it. The children were a three-year-old boy and his two-year-old sister.

They fell into an elevator shaft dug for a commercial building under construction. The pit was about six feet deep and had filled with water. Both children slipped in and drowned on Friday evening.

Police say the early findings show the children were playing near their parents, who work at the site as day laborers. The family is from Rajasthan. The mother was preparing dinner. The father had gone out to buy vegetables. The children wandered toward the shaft.

When the parents realized what happened, they pulled the children out of the water. The children had already died.

Relatives allege gross negligence at the site. They say a proper cover or a fence around the pit could have stopped the tragedy.

The family lived at the construction site. The couple has three children. The oldest daughter stayed behind in their hometown, and the two younger ones were with their parents.

The grieving family at first refused to accept the bodies. The names of the children have not been released.

Two small children drowned Friday evening after falling into a water-filled elevator pit at a building under construction in Bhestan, in Surat, Gujarat. They were a three-year-old boy and his two-year-old sister.

Their parents are migrant workers from Rajasthan. They work as day laborers at the construction site, and that’s where the family lived. The couple has three children. The oldest, a girl, stayed behind in their hometown. The two youngest lived with their parents at the site.

Police say the evening started like any other. The mother was cooking dinner. The father had stepped out to buy vegetables. The children were playing nearby.

Early findings from the police investigation say the two wandered toward the elevator shaft being dug for the new commercial building. The pit was about six feet deep, and rainwater had collected in it. Both children slipped and fell in. They drowned before anyone could reach them.

The parents later realized what had happened and pulled the children out. By then, it was too late.

Relatives say the site was careless. They told police the open shaft had no cover and no barricade around it. In their view, a cover or a fence could have saved both children.

The grieving family at first refused to accept the bodies.

The names of the children have not been released.

A pickup truck driver walked away from a crash in East Aurora, New York, on Friday. The motorcyclist did not. His name was Robert Dobstaff, and he was 67.

Police say it happened shortly after 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, at the corner of Bowen Road and Buffalo Road. East Aurora officers, firefighters and AMR ambulance medics went to the scene after reports of a crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck.

Dobstaff, who lived in East Aurora, was badly hurt. Officers said his injuries were serious and life-threatening. Medics worked to save him, but he died at the scene, the East Aurora Police Department said.

The pickup driver had no injuries.

Many questions are still open. Police have not said how the crash happened, and they haven’t said whether either driver was cited.

The investigation is ongoing. Police have not added anything about what led up to the collision.

East Aurora is a village in Erie County, in western New York, southeast of Buffalo. The crash scene is a corner many people there drive through every day.

Robert Dobstaff, 67, of East Aurora, New York, died Friday afternoon after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck. Police have now identified him.

The crash happened in Erie County, southeast of Buffalo. It was at the corner of Bowen Road and Buffalo Road, shortly after 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16.

East Aurora police officers, firefighters and AMR ambulance medics all rushed to the scene. They got the call about a crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup.

Officers found Dobstaff with serious, life-threatening injuries. Emergency crews tried to save his life. They could not. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the East Aurora Police Department.

The pickup driver was not hurt.

Police have not said how the crash happened. They also haven’t said whether either driver got a ticket.

The case is still under investigation, and police have shared nothing new about what led up to the collision.

East Aurora is a village in Erie County, in western New York, part of the Buffalo area. For now, that corner of Bowen Road and Buffalo Road is where a 67-year-old man lost his life.

Rescuers could not get to Steven Hamilton right away. Several alligators were in the water around him, officials say. Hamilton, 71, died Friday after an alligator about 11 feet, 8 inches long attacked him while he was fishing.

It happened at Dr. Bradford Memorial Park in Winter Garden, in Orange County, Florida. The park is near Hamilton’s home. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Winter Garden Police Department responded around 5 p.m. on Oct. 16.

Winter Garden Fire Rescue Chief Jose Gainza said Hamilton was fishing from the shoreline of a pond connected to the Lake Apopka area. The alligator attacked and pulled him into the water. Because of the other alligators, crews couldn’t safely enter the water at first.

Hamilton had serious injuries from the bite, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was recovered from the pond later. Officials haven’t said what happened leading up to the attack.

The wildlife commission then sent a contracted nuisance-alligator trapper to the park. The alligator believed to be responsible was removed and killed, since officials considered it a danger to the public. Winter Garden police Capt. Michael Mason said the animal was gone from the park as investigators kept looking into the case. No other injuries have been reported.

Mason has a warning for residents. Stay alert around ponds, lakes and other waterways where alligators may live. An alligator that looks calm should not be treated as harmless. Keep your distance from wildlife.

The wildlife commission offered its condolences to Hamilton’s family and loved ones. It called the case an active investigation and had nothing more to add.

Dr. Bradford Memorial Park is in Winter Garden, in Central Florida’s Orlando area. Its ponds connect to the Lake Apopka area, where alligators are common.

Steven Hamilton, 71, went fishing near his home Friday afternoon and never came back. Officials say an alligator about 11 feet, 8 inches long attacked him at Dr. Bradford Memorial Park in Orange County, Florida. He died.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Winter Garden Police Department got the call around 5 p.m. on Oct. 16. When they got there, Hamilton had serious bite injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Winter Garden Fire Rescue Chief Jose Gainza said Hamilton was fishing along the shoreline of a pond. The pond connects to the Lake Apopka area. The alligator grabbed him and pulled him into the water.

Rescuers could not just jump in. Several other alligators were in the water, and that kept crews from going in right away. Hamilton’s body was recovered from the pond later.

Officials have not said what led up to the attack.

After the attack, the wildlife commission sent a contracted nuisance-alligator trapper to the park. The alligator believed to be responsible was removed and killed, because officials considered it a danger to the public. Winter Garden police Capt. Michael Mason confirmed the animal was out of the park. Police have not reported any other injuries.

The wildlife commission offered condolences to Hamilton’s family and loved ones. It called the case an active investigation and said it had no more information for now.

Mason asked people to stay alert near ponds, lakes and other water where alligators may live. A gator that looks calm is not necessarily harmless, he said. His advice is to keep your distance.

Dr. Bradford Memorial Park sits in Winter Garden, a city in Orange County in Central Florida, in the Orlando area. The ponds there connect to the Lake Apopka area, where alligators are common.