Ahmedabad: Man in SUV flung off bridge, crashes to death

AHMEDABAD: A man shot out of an SUV and plunged to his death on the road below Gota Bridge on Monday. The freak tragedy began with the SUV hitting a divider on the bridge, then slamming into another SUV. The man in the vehicle that had rammed the divider perished in the accident.
The deceased has been identified as Nayan Parmar, 22, a resident of New Vaibhavi Society in Vejalpur. He was sitting beside the driver when the accident occurred. According to police, the door of the car opened due to the impact and Parmar was thrown into the air. He died on the spot.
According to the FIR filed with SG-2 division traffic police, Jitendra Thakor, 33, a resident of Ghatlodia, was driving his employer Rajesh Pillai’s SUV from Vaishnodevi Circle towards Sola Bhagwat Crossroads. In the other SUV, four men including the driver were traveling.
Thakor said that Pillai’s leg was fractured in the accident and he was taken to a nearby hospital. Traffic police registered a complaint against the driver of the car who fled after the accident. He has been charged with causing death by negligent driving.