Five killed in 3 accidents on SG Road

Ahmedabad: The 24 hours preceding 9am on Tuesday saw five people killed in three road accidents on SG Road, with two accidents taking place on Monday night. In the first accident, Rahul Prajapati (23), a resident of Naranpura, stated that his friend Naresh Prajapati (23), a resident of Nava Vadaj, called him to Akhbarnagar and told him that Kaushal Prajapati (25), Pravin Prajapati, Nimesh Panchal and Mitesh were coming over and the six of them would go to SG Road to have snacks in Kaushal’s uncle’s car. They then went to the food park near Karnavati Club. When they were returning, Nimesh was driving, and Rahul was sitting next to him. At about 3am on Tuesday, they were driving through the underpass near the gurudwara at high speed when the right wheel touched the road divider causing the car to overturn and smash into a light pole. Rahul then called an ambulance as some of them were injured. Naresh was declared dead on the spot while Mitesh and Kaushal were declared “brought dead” at Civil Hospital. Rahul said he was unaware of the injuries suffered by Nimesh, while he and Pravin were being treated at the hospital. The driver of the car, Nimesh Panchal, was booked for rash driving and causing death by negligence, among other charges. In the second accident, Kushal Prajapati (21), a resident of Daskroi, stated in his complaint that his brother, Ankit Prajapati, who worked at EPIC Hospital left for work on Monday morning. When he was on the Sola overbridge, a bus (GJ-01-PZ-7506) operated by Parth Travels, which was a staff bus, was coming in speed and it hit Ankit’s two-wheeler, causing his death. The complainant said the rear wheel of the bus had crushed Ankit, killing him on the spot. Police registered a case against Lokesh Meena, the driver of the bus. In the third accident, Arvindsinh Chauhan (33), a resident of Ghatlodia, said that he and his wife Payal (33) had gone for a walk along SG Road on Monday night after parking their two-wheeler. An unidentified four-wheeler then hit his wife. She was rushed to the trauma centre at Sola Civil Hospital but died there during treatment.