9 dead, 13 injured after multiple cars crash on Ahmedabad’s Iskcon flyover
Gujarat government has given Rs 4 lakh to families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to those injured, according to CM Bhupendra Patel.
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The flyover near ISKCON temple has been temporarily closed by the police. Nine persons, including two police constables, a home guard jawan and men aged between 18 years and 21 years, were killed when a speeding Jaguar car hit them at the site of an accident on the ISKCON flyover in Ahmedabad after midnight on Wednesday, dragging them for about 120 feet.
The driver of the Jaguar, Tathya Patel (19), was beaten up by people who had gathered on the bridge. He was arrested late Thursday along with his father Pragnesh Patel (44), said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic, West) Neetaben Desai.
Tathya was travelling with his friends whom the police are trying to trace. The police closed a part of the flyover for investigations and conducted a reconstruction of the crime scene late evening with the father and son.
#Ahmedabad | Nine people have died and 13 others injured in an accident that occurred on a flyover near ISKCON temple on Sarkhej-Gandhinagar (SG) Highway
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According to Sarkhej traffic police, an accident had taken place between a dumper truck and a Mahindra Thar car with a 16-year-old boy at the wheel on the ISKCON flyover on S G Road between 12.30 am and 1 am. A Jaguar, being driven at a speed of over 150 kmph, ran into the crowd that had gathered at the accident spot, killing nine — some of whom were students from Botad — and injuring 13.
Those killed included Krunalbhai Natwarbhai Kodiya (20), Ronak Rajeshbhai Vihalpara (19) from Botad district; Amir Ali Kachhi (21) and Armaan Anilbhai Vadhvaniya (19) from Surendranagar as well as Akshar Anilbhai Patel (22) and Niravbhai Atmaram Ramanuj (22) from Chandlodiya in Ahmedabad. Head constable Jashwantsinh Ranjeet-sinh Chauhan (45) from Godhra, head constable Dharmendrasinh Narsangbhai Parmar (35) from Surendranagar and home guard jawan Nilesh Mohan Khatik (38) also died in the incident.
The police said Pragnesh, a real estate businessman, was booked for alleged gangrape in 2020. As per Thursday’s FIR, Pragnesh came to the accident site, “got into a confrontation with the crowd and ran away with his son and the others ”.
UPDATE: VIDEO | “The driver is undergoing treatment at the hospital and is under our supervision. We will arrest him after a discussion with the doctor,” says DCP Traffic West Nita Desai. pic.twitter.com/iPWMhTNTnb
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 20, 2023
Tathya and Pragnesh were booked under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), section 279 (rash driving) 337 ( rash and negligent act to endanger human life), 338, (causing grievous hurt), 504 (insulting someone intentionally to provoke them) 506 (2) (criminal intimidation) and 114 (abettor present when offence committed) of the IPC, besides under provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.
The accident that happened last night at ISKCON Bridge in Ahmedabad is very sad. I express my heartfelt condolences. The state government has given Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured, tweets Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel pic.twitter.com/JVrNS0YDnJ
— ANI (@ANI) July 20, 2023
Another FIR was lodged against the 16-year old driver of the Thar involved in the first accident.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the next of kin of those dead and Rs 50,000 each for those injured.
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