AHMEDABAD: Barely 100m from where a woman was crushed by the car driven by
Parv Shah
with two others injured, another accident was witnessed when a speeding compact car turned turtle after colliding with the BRTS corridor railing.
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The two friends in the car suffered injuries and were rushed to the hospital. Police identified them as
Yash Shah and his cousin
Tirth
.
N division traffic police inspector B B Vaghela said the accident took place at 2.30am on Friday and they have registered a case of negligent driving and are investigating further. The cops said at about 2.30am, Yash, who was driving and is about 20 years old, lost control over the vehicle and hit the railing of the BRTS corridor, after which the car turned turtle.
The two occupants of the car suffered only minor injuries and were discharged from the hospital on Friday evening. Vaghela said the accident probably occurred after
Yash probably nodded off to sleep while driving.
The car is registered in the name of Yash’s father. Police are yet to arrest Yash. They do not know why the youths were out at 2.30am while there is a midnight curfew in force in the city.
A senior police official said the accident took place 50m away from
Shivranjani
bus stand towards Nehrunagar.
The official said that had the vehicle veered to the left, a tragedy would have occurred as people were sleeping on the footpath there.
In another incident that occurred near
Hansol
late on Thursday night, a woman was rushed to hospital after she was hit by a speeding car. She was flung 15 feet away by the impact.