A road accident in Naranpura, Ahmedabad, took the lives of two young men when their motorcycle crashed into a parked pickup van on the newly opened Shastri Nagar overbridge.
According to sources, contractor Tarachand Damor, a resident of Bhadaj and operator of a light and sound system business, was assigned to remove decorative lighting from the bridge. He had parked his pickup van on the side of the road and was engaged in the task along with a laborer.
While the work was going on, two young men on a speeding bike lost control and hit the back of the pickup van. Both were seriously hurt and taken to the hospital, but they died during treatment.
The two who died were Vivek Suthar from Odhav and Vihar Vyas from Talala. B Division Traffic Police have filed a case and started an investigation.