Gujarat: 7 family members killed as car falls into ditch
Seven members of a family, all minors, were killed when their car fell into a ditch in Gujarat's Panchmahal district, police said today. The incident happened around midnight yesterday when one of the rear wheels of the car, carrying 10 people, came off at a sharp turn on Halol-Bodeli road, near Bhat village in Jambughoda tehsil, located around 180km from Ahmedabad. Here's more.
Driver lost control of vehicle, which plunged into roadside ditch
The driver lost control of the vehicle, which plunged into a roadside ditch filled with water, an official at Jambughoda police station said. While the locals managed to rescue three people, seven others could not be saved, he added. All the deceased belonged to the same family in Bodeli town. They were returning after meeting a relative in Halol, the police official said.
Rescued people were taken to the hospital
"The three people rescued by the locals were taken to a hospital. The bodies were also sent for post-mortem," the police said. The deceased were identified as Mohammad Bilal (17), Mohammad Rouf (14), Mohammad Sajid (13), Gul Afroz (13), Asina Banu (11), Mohammad Tahir (11) and Mohammad Yusuf (7), the official added. A case was registered in connection with the incident, he said.
