Rajkot: In a tragic incident, two women of a family returning from a popular tourist destination Dhorda near Khavda in Kutch after the rickshaw (Chhota hathi) in which they were travelling overturned following tyre burst.
Seven other received injuries in the accident. According to police, the deceased were identified as Dipti Dangar and Sheetal Dangar, both residents of Sapeda village of Anjar in Kutch district.
The family went to Dhordo in a hired vehicle on occasion of Uttarayan and were returning home when the accident took place near Bhirandiyara village in Bhuj taluka of Kutch district.
In another tragic accident, a 51-year-old resident of Maninagar in Ahmedabad died after the boat in which she and her three other family members were ridding off Mandvi coast in Kutch capsized on Thursday.
Belaben Thakkar drowned while the four other occupants including the boatman were rescued by locals.