4 killed as truck rams into car near Petlad

VADODARA/ANAND: Four persons belonging to Khergam village of Navsari district in south Gujarat died in an accident near Dantali village of Petlad taluka on Tarapur-Dharmaj Road in Anand district in the wee hours of Monday.
The members of Patel family and their relatives were returning to their village after a tour to various EIGHT I towns and cities of Saurashtra when a fast moving truck rammed into their car from the opposite side.Police sources said Rajesh Patel had rented a car from their village for a tour to Salangpur, Bhavnagar, Somnath, Dwarka and Girnar. The family, which had left on the tour on August 31, was on its way back to their village after offering prayers at Chamunda Mata Temple at Chotila on Sunday morning.
When their car reached near Dantali village past mid night, a truck rammed into the ir vehicle which left three per sons dead on the spot while eight other passengers received injuries. Champak Patel, who was driving the car, Rajesh's 17 year-old daughter Brijal Patel and 30-year-old Teena Patel di ed on the spot. Teena's husband Mukesh Patel succumbed to his injuries at Karamsad-based Shree Krishna Hospital where he was shifted with seven other passengers for treatment.
Those injured include three-year-old Vruti Patel and six-year-old Krishna Patel ­ daughters of Teena and Mu kesh Patel, both of whom pas sed away in the gruesome accident. Priti Sandeep Patel, Divya Patel, 18, Kailash Patel and her son Jigar Patel, 17 are presently undergoing treatment at Ka ramsad hospital. Petlad rural police have registered a comp laint of Rajesh Patel against the truck driver who fled from the spot after the accident.