Articles tagged under: Accident

Drink & drive accident claims one life in Vadodara; two injured

April 19, 2024
Drink & drive accident claims one life in Vadodara; two injured

Vadodara: A 23-year-old MBA student named Aakash lost his life, and two others were injured when a drunk driver, speeding in his car, collided with two motorcycles and pedestrians at the Akota-Dandia Bazar flyover in the city around 1 am on Friday. The Akota police station has booked a 24-year-old named Kalp Pandya for alleged culpable homicide not amounting to murder, as well as reckless and negligent driving. Pandya, a mechanical engineer, along with his friend Shristhi Desai, is also booke...Read More

3 dead in collision between ambulance and truck on Rajkot-Chotila Highway

March 26, 2024
3 dead in collision between ambulance and truck on Rajkot-Chotila Highway

Chotila: A collision between an ambulance and a truck on the Chotila-Rajkot highway last night left three people dead, including the ambulance driver. The incident involved 35-year-old Kajalben Hareshbhai Makwana, from Rajpara village in Chotila taluka, who, along with her 18-year-old daughter and son, went to Chotila Referral Hospital for treatment around 10:30 PM. During treatment, the doctor advised transferring her to Rajkot Hospital due to her worsening condition. As the government am...Read More

Constable crashes car into family of 4; granted bail without medical test

March 23, 2024
Constable crashes car into family of 4; granted bail without medical test

Ahmedabad: In another incident of excessive speeding on the road, a police constable allegedly collided with a family's scooter from behind near GB Shah College in Vasna on Thursday night. The victims, identified as Ronak Shah, his wife Rushita, and their two sons, Prat and Krut, were rushed to SVP Hospital with serious injuries. The traffic police apprehended the accused cop on Friday morning, but he was later released on bail. According to the FIR filed with M division traffic police by Ron...Read More

Police nabs one in drink-and-drive accident case on Sindhu Bhavan road

March 07, 2024
Police nabs one in drink-and-drive accident case on Sindhu Bhavan road

Ahmedabad: The city police today nabbed one person for causing an accident while being intoxicated. Two people have been gravely injured in the accident that occurred on Sindhu Bhavan Road. The accident took place on the service road. The accused car driver, Shail Ravindra Gajjar, was allegedly intoxicated while driving the car and caused the accident. a couple was injured in the accident and was shifted to a local hospital for treatment. The bottle of liquor has also been recovered from the ...Read More

Watch | Absolutely freak car accident in Rajkot leaves 3 injured

March 01, 2024
Watch | Absolutely freak car accident in Rajkot leaves 3 injured

Rajkot: An absolutely freak car crash took place in the city today when a driver, after losing control of the steering wheel, rammed the car into a motorbike, a pedestrian, and two female students sitting on the ramp of a building. In the latest development, one pedestrian, namely Nalinbhai, has succumbed to his injuries during treatment. An uncontrolled car driven by an alleged minor caused the accident near Trishul Chowk on Saharkar Main Road. The entire incident was captured on CCTV ca...Read More

Father-son duo crushed by tanker as pothole disbalances bike

January 29, 2024
Father-son duo crushed by tanker as pothole disbalances bike

Rajkot: A father-son duo lost their lives after being run over by a tanker on Sant Kabir Road in the city after their bike lost balance due to a pothole. The CCTV footage of the accident is going viral on social media. The accident occurred on January 26th when Ajay Parmar and his father, Shaileshbhai Parmar, were run over by a tanker. The video of the incident depicts the duo on a bike encountering a pothole on the road. While trying to dodge the pothole and save a nearby pedestrian, the bik...Read More

Ahmedabad Police books head constable for causing accident while intoxicated

January 23, 2024
Ahmedabad Police books head constable for causing accident while intoxicated

Ahmedabad: B Division police have booked a head constable today for causing a car accident while being intoxicated in the Navrangpura area of the city. Head Constable Anirudh Singh Vaghela, working at Navrangpura police station, caused an accident near Swastik Char Rasta while driving recklessly at high speed. Vaghela was found intoxicated by the locals who handed him over to the traffic police. A liquor bottle was also found in his car during the investigation. Currently, a case has been reg...Read More

EMRI 108 receives 3 road accident calls every hour in Ahmedabad

November 21, 2023
EMRI 108 receives 3 road accident calls every hour in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: Just few months ago, a major road accident on SG Highway shocked the city, resulting in the loss of nine lives and injuries to 13 others. Now, data from EMRI 108 emergency services has revealed that the road stretch between Sarkhej and Thaltej remains a highly accident-prone area. Data from EMRI 108 until October 30 this year shows that Ahmedabad received 21,913 calls related to road traffic accidents (RTAs), averaging 73 calls daily and three calls every hour. The top 25 locations...Read More

A biker survives strange accident on Surat ring road bridge’s approach; Video goes viral

October 09, 2023
A biker survives strange accident on Surat ring road bridge’s approach; Video goes viral

Surat: An unidentified biker survived a strange accident at the ring road in Surat, video of which has gone viral. An young biker on October 8 morning was passing on the approach bridge of the ring road when at a curved turn, he lost balance of his bike due to speed. He collided with a side wall or approach bridge and fell on the sidewall. Luckily he didn't fall down from the height of the bridge. As he was having a bag pack, he didn't get injury on his back or spine. He was also lucki...Read More

BMW biker dies of overspeeding linked accident in Ahmedabad

August 12, 2023
BMW biker dies of overspeeding linked accident in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: In another fatality resulting from overspeeding, 21-year-old Sahil Ajmeri died after sustaining critical injuries in a bike accident near Ellisbridge. The incident occurred around 7 p.m. on Thursday when Sahil, a resident of Toksha ni pol in Raikhad, was passing near Ellisbridge. He abruptly applied the brakes on his bike to take a turn onto Kavi Nanalal Bridge near Ellisbridge while travelling at high speed. This led to a collision with the bridge wall. The injuries sustained in the...Read More