9 killed, 10 injured after speeding Jaguar plows into people at accident site on ISKCON Bridge in Ahmedabad

In Gujarat's Ahmedabad, nine people were killed, and ten others suffered some major injuries after a speeding car rammed into a crowd at an accident site on a bridge on Thursday.

Following the initial collision involving two other vehicles, a constable and a home guard jawan arrived at the scene and became the unfortunate victims, of the subsequent accident, among several others.



FIRST ACCIDENT

"At around 1am, a Thar (SUV) collided with a truck at ISKCON Bridge on SG Highway. After receiving information about the accident, local traffic police and a Home Guard jawan reached the spot to manage the traffic and handle the situation. Out of curiosity, several bystanders also gathered at the spot to check what had happened," Satellite police station inspector K Y Vyas said according to a report by TOI.

"When they were on the bridge, a speeding Jaguar car rammed into the crowd, killing five persons on the spot, while four persons died during treatment. The deceased included a constable and a Home Guard jawan. Nearly 10 persons who received injuries were admitted to different hospitals," he said.

An FIR has been registered in the case.

SECOND ACCIDENT

"Nine persons were killed and 10 to 11 people were injured in the accident. It does not appear to be a case of drunk driving. But our primary investigation has revealed the speed of the Jaguar car was extremely high. Since (car driver) Tathya Patel is under treatment, we will arrest him once doctors give a go-ahead," Desai said at the Sola Civil Hospital.

Most of the deceased and injured youth belonged to other cities and were living here as paying guests, as per sources.

The accident that happened last night at ISKCON Bridge in Ahmedabad is very sad. I express my heartfelt condolences. The state government has given Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured, tweets Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel.