Woman driving to Surat from Junagadh dies in road accident

Rajkot: A woman died after the bike she was riding pillion behind her brother was rammed by a truck from rear near Magharikhada village of Chotila taluka in Surendranagar district on Wednesday night.
Police said the deceased, identified as Beena Jikadara (20), was travelling on a bike being driven by her brother Manish Jikadara (22) when the accident occurred.
The brother-sister duo was driving to Surat from Mendarada of Junagadh district, as they were natives of Surat.
The Jikadara family had come to Mendarada from Surat to attend a family function. However, all of them got stuck in Mendarada after the lockdown was imposed.
“On Wednesday, when the government gave permission to those stuck in Saurashtra to go to Surat and vice-versa, the family decided to leave for Surat. While the parents of the deceased went in a car, the brother-sister duo was going on a bike when they met with the accident,” said an official from Chotila police station.
Manish works as a diamond worker in Surat.