Four people, including a 16-year-old cyclist and a 20-year-old motorcyclist, were killed in four separate road accidents reported in Ahmedabad, according to a report by Divya Bhaskar. The crashes involved cars, an autorickshaw and an Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation tractor trolley, with police registering cases and beginning investigations.
In the first incident, a 16-year-old boy, identified as Anshuman, was standing with his bicycle near the roadside close to the last bus stand in the Bungalow Area of Kubernagar on October 20. Police said a car approaching from behind at high speed hit the bicycle. Anshuman suffered serious injuries and died during treatment. His mother, Monaben Tamaiche, filed a complaint against the driver, identified as Umang Vikas Ghamande, at the G Division Traffic Police Station.
In another crash, 22-year-old Darshankumar Parmar was returning from a garba event in Gandhinagar when an unidentified car hit the motorcycle near the Lemon Tree Hotel cut on Riverfront Road on the night of October 13. Parmar, who lived with his uncle in Behrampura and worked as an emergency medical technician with a 108 ambulance service in Vastrapur, was taken to hospital with serious injuries and died during treatment. The B Division Traffic Police registered a case against the unidentified driver.
The third fatal crash took place on the Singerwa-Kathwada Road near Payal Park Society. The report said 65-year-old Tejusinh Rathod, a farmer from Bhatiya Navavas in Sabarkantha district, was travelling as a pillion passenger on a motorcycle to obtain medicines from Kunjad village on October 15. An autorickshaw allegedly came out of the society at high speed and hit the motorcycle. The rider, Dilipbhai Prajapati, suffered minor injuries, while Rathod sustained serious injuries to his head and right leg. He later died during treatment. His son, Vanrajsinh, filed a complaint against the unidentified autorickshaw driver at the I Division Traffic Police Station.
The fourth crash involved 20-year-old Gokul Devar, who lived in Isanpur and worked at a private company in Hathijan. On October 17, he was riding towards Hathijan from the Ramol Police Chowki when his motorcycle struck the rear of an AMC garden department tractor trolley near Kartik Fabrication. The report said the tractor had been left near a divider without an obstruction or warning signal. Devar suffered serious injuries to his face, eye, ear, jaw and chest and died during treatment. The tractor driver allegedly left the vehicle and fled. The J Division Traffic Police registered a case and began an investigation.
The four cases involve different road users and locations, while police investigations are examining the circumstances of each crash. The complaints have been registered against identified or unidentified drivers, and further action will depend on the findings of the respective traffic police stations.
