Surat: Two youths died while two others suffered severe injuries when two cars collided with each other near Khadsad village on the outskirts of the city within the limits of Kamrej police station of Surat district on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Tirth Savani and Harshil Bhisra, both 18 years old and residents of Surat city. Their friend Pratik Shingala (18) too suffered injuries.
The
accident occurred when Savani and Bhisra were going with Shingala in his car. When Shingala was taking a turn near Sardar Chowk, an SUV driven by Dhruv
Joshi crashed into the former’s car at high speed. Police said that Shingala’s car was flung a few feet away and fell into a roadside trench.
Savani a student of computer engineering in Ahmedabad and Bhisra died on the spot, while their friend Shingala had to be hospitalized. Joshi also suffered injuries and was hospitalized.
An FIR was lodged by Savani’s uncle Paresh with Kamrej police station against the Joshi, a resident of Dhoran Pardi village.