Thirteen persons were killed and one was seriously injured when an over loaded autorickshaw collided with a state transport bus near Nadiad town on Friday.
The accident took place near Andhaj village on Nadiad-Mahemdabad road, nearly seven kilometres from Nadiad.
Police inspector D S Pundiya of Nadiad rural police told TOI, "The bus was on way to Ahmedabad from Pavagadh. Ten of the victims died on the spot, while three succumbed to their injuries while being treated. The bodies were taken to Nadiad Civil Hospital for postmortem." The deceased include the autorickshaw driver.
All the passengers killed were from Devki-Vansol village of Mahemdabad taluka of Kheda district. A pall of gloom descended over the village when the residents came to know about the accident. A large number of villagers rushed to the accident spot despite heavy rain.
Those who died on the spot were identified as Yash Barot (10), Alpesh Barot (35), Sunil Rathod (17), Raoji Parmar (40), Dinesh Parmar (25), Mangal Parmar (24), Manu Parmar (34), Thakore Vaghela (25), Raiji Jhala (30) and Arvind Parmar (30). Those who died while being treated were Saroj Parmar (30), Pratap Parmar (20) and Bhupendra Parmar (34).
The local residents are agitated over a large number of autorickshaws plying on the roads carrying far more passengers than their actual capacity, while the authorities turn a blind eye.
These autorickshaw drivers put the lives of passengers at risk daily.
Saturday 17 August 2013
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/13-killed-in-Nadiad-accident/articleshow/21867341.cms
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