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Navratri trip spins into tale of death for 4 of city family

The victims have been identified as Prafull and Usha Barad, Parfull's aunt Manjhibhai, uncle Kanchan Babu Babani.

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Four people of a family, settled in Mumbai, met with a fatal accident on Tarapur-Vataman highway in Gujarat on Sunday evening.

The deceased included a couple, the husband's aunt and her brother.

The victims have been identified as Prafull and Usha Barad, Parfull's aunt Manjhibhai, uncle Kanchan Babu Babani. According to police, another aunt of the deceased, Ramaben Kanti, escaped with minor injuries.

According to relatives of the victims, while Manjhibhai worked as a carpenter and Praful drove a cab for Ola, a private company.

Praful was behind the wheel when the accident took place, police said. The family was returning from Gujarat on Tuesday when the accident took place.

"We were six people, staying here with my father Manjhibhai, my cousin brother Prafull and his wife Usha. They had planned to go to village as usual for Dussehra my aunt's, Kanchan and Ramaben had also joined them as my mother did not want to travel due to her health. Our whole family has been wiped up," said Mayur Barad, son of Manjhibhai.

The bodies of all were brought to the city on Tuesday for a funeral.

According to Gujarat police, the mishap took place when two trucks rammed into Prafull's car near Kasbara village. According to police, all five were rushed to the nearby hospital where four of them were declared brought dead.

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