This story is from November 24, 2014

City roads turn into death trap

Three die in road accidents in four days
City roads turn into death trap
VADODARA: Ever increasing traffic, rash driving and lack of traffic engineering have turned the city roads into death traps for people.
In the last four days, three persons have lost their lives in fatal accidents in the city.
On Sunday afternoon, a 22-year-old youngster was knocked down by a four-wheeler. The incident occurred near VUDA circle when the victim, Keyur Parmar, was driving his motorbike.
Parmar died on the spot due to severe injuries. “We were able to track down the registration number of the car that killed Parmar. The victim was on his way to appear for an employment exam held by ONGC when the accident happened,” said Karelibaug police inspector J D Waghela.
Waghela added that investigations to track the culprit are underway. We have found out that the car that killed the motorcyclist was a XUV.
A 65-year-old man was killed on Thursday in a road accident near the diversion at Nandesari Chowkdi. According to the complaint registered at the Chhani police station by Gurushan Chandulal, a vehicle driven by an unidentified person collided with a pedestrian causing him severe head injuries. The man died on the spot after being hit by the vehicle.
Another man was killed in an accident at a crossroad in Akota early morning on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Bhupendrekumar Naik. According to the complaint filed by Naik’s brother Vipulkumar Naik at the
Gotri police station, an unidentified person driving a luxury bus ran into his motorbike early morning on Saturday near Shrenik Park Circle. Bhupenderakumar who was riding pillion died on the spot due to severe injuries.
This is the fourth fatal accident in November including the one when a pedestrian was knocked down by a car on Akota-Dandia Bazaar bridge.
“Youngsters these days drive vehicles rashly that leads to such accidents. Doppler radar — specialized radars to track speed — and CCTV cameras should be installed at busy junctions in the city. The cops should catch over speeding vehicles and penalize the drivers to discourage rash driving,” said Satyen Kulabkar, a city-based traffic expert.
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