Ahmedabad road accident: As many as nine people lost their lives when a speeding car ploughed into a crowd gathered at an accident site on a bridge in Gujarat‘s city on Thursday, said police, adding that 10 others have also injured in the accident.
They said that a constable and a Home Guard jawan who reached the spot after the first accident of a collision. It involving two vehicles were among those killed in the incident, according to a report published by the news agency PTI.
The accident took place at around 1 am at ISKCON bridge on the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar highway in the Satellite area of the city when the Jaguar car moving at a very high speed ploughed into a crowd gathered there, the police said.
Satellite police station inspector K Y Vyas said, “At around 1 am, a Thar (SUV) collided with a truck at ISKCON Bridge on SG Highway. After receiving information about the accident, local traffic police. And a Home Guard jawan reached the spot to manage the traffic and handle the situation.”
The official said that the cab driver, Tathya Patel, also admitted to a private hospital as he too received injuries. Sources said that the angry bystanders thrashed the car driver, and a video of it captured by a person standing below the bridge, as per PTI reports.
Neeta Desai, Deputy Commissioner of Police stated that an FIR has registered in this connection and the cops will try their best to ensure the kin of the victims get justice.