Gujarat: Speeding Fortuner kills mother-son duo on Ahmedabad footpath, beer cans recovered from car

New Delhi: Two people were killed and 2 others were left seriously injured after a speeding Fortuner car allegedly rammed into a family selling sofa covers, on a footpath in Ahmedabad. Among those killed was a 15-year-old boy and his mother.

The driver of the car was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, said a report in the Times of India. The accident happened near the Devashya School in the Nikol area of Ahmedabad.

The woman and her son were selling sofa covers ahead of Diwali on the footpath. According to the police, a man named Kartik Vasoya and his wife stopped at the roadside shop to make a purchase, when suddenly the Fortuner car arrived and hit them.

The impact killed Punamben Jitendrabhai Nagvadiya, 30, and her son Sagar Jitendrabhai Nagvadiya, 15, who were selling the sofa covers. It left the customers, Kartik Ashokbhai Vasoya, 34, and his wife Snehalben Kartikbhai Vasoya badly injured.

The man driving the car has been identified as Viral Savjibhai Chaudhary, 36. He is a resident of Nana Chiloda. The man was driving his own car at the time of the accident. The police have now arrested him.

During the inspection of the car, the police recovered 6 unopened beer bottles. The police have now booked him under relevant sections of the law, for causing death due to negligence, culpable homicide not amounting to murder and also under Gujarat’s Prohibition Act.

The DCP (Traffic-East), said that they are now trying to establish whether the driver was drunk at the time of the accident. The incident comes at a time when concerns have been raised about alleged late-night racing and speeding in this area.

Residents have said that such incidents have become common in the area. They also blamed the police for having failed to curb the menace.