Three of family die as cars collide near Anand

Vadodara/ Anand: Three members of a Vadodara-based family died while three others got severely injured in a road accident in Anand district on Tuesday morning.
Hitesh Pandya (43), his wife Jayshree Pandya (36) and his son Vivek Pandya (14) died on the spot after two cars collided near Kanthiriya village between Vasad and Asodar on Vasad-Borsad highway in Anand district.
The family, residents of Nani Sherkhi village, was on its way to Kapadwanj town to attend baby shower ceremony in their extended family. Pandya’s daughter Krupa (17) and two niece Vidhi Upadhyay (18) and Deepti Bhatt (18) got injured due to the accident.
Pandya’s car had hit another car which had passengers from Godhra and was headed for Bhavnagar on Tuesday morning.
According to Anklav police, driver Anvarhussain Chunga, who was driving the car along with five others who were travelling in the same car also got injured due to the accident.
Such was the collision that both the cars got completely wrecked while locals rushed to the spot to rescue the injured.
Sources said that GVK EMRI had dispatched four 108 emergency ambulances to the spot to shift the injured to state-run SSG Hospital in Vadodara.
According to police, the car in which Pandya family was travelling had overtook another vehicle and later collided with the car in which the Godhra residents were travelling. Although the driver from Godhra is said to have applied short brake, the collision was major causing severe damage to both the sides.
While the bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem, Anklav police is further investigating the matter.