Two pedestrians lost their lives in two separate incidents on Ahmedabad’s SG Highway on October 1. The stretch of road from Zydus crossroads to Vaishnodevi circle has become an accident-prone zone due to speeding vehicles.

In the first incident, Dashrath Patel, a resident of Mehsana and his friend from Visnagar Sunil Patel were visiting KD Hospital to check on their friend Gautam Patel’s son. After dining at a restaurant near Chharodi Patiya around 9 pm, they were walking on the edge of the footpath when a speeding four-wheeler struck Sunil from behind.

The impact caused Sunil’s head to hit the RCC footpath, resulting in severe injuries. The vehicle fled the scene, and despite efforts to save him, Sunil succumbed to his injuries. Dasrath filed a complaint at the SG-1 traffic police station. 

In a separate incident, an unknown man was crossing the road near Gota Circle on September 30 around 7.45 pm when he was hit by a speeding car. The force of the collision threw the man onto the windshield of another passing car. The unidentified individual succumbed to his injuries. Mayank Kotak, the driver of the second car, along with Kalpesh Patel, moved the injured man to the roadside. Kalpesh then lodged a complaint regarding the accident.

The SG-1 traffic police have initiated a search for both the vehicles involved in the accidents.

These incidents underscore the urgent need for traffic safety improvements on SG Highway to prevent further tragedies. 

Additionally, a mechanic has been charged with endangering lives by performing stunts with three children sitting on the roof of a car on SG Highway. The complaint was filed at the SG-1 traffic police station against Mohammad Naseem, alias Salim Amirullah Mansuri (age 37), who was seen performing stunts while driving down from the new Sola overbridge with the children on top of the car.

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