VADODARA: A young woman was knocked dead on the Akota-Dandiabazaar Road when a speeding car rammed into the two-wheeler she was riding.
Namrata Solanki (24) living in the Shivshaktinagar in Akota had gone to spend time with her fiance with whom she was engaged recently. The fiance had come to the city from Karamsad in Anand district.
After meeting her fiance near the Solar Dome, Namrata was crossing the road when the car, coming from the Dandiabazaar side, hit the two-wheeler she was riding. The car then ran into concrete blocks used as dividers on the road.
Namrata was badly injured and rushed to the SSG Hospital. Her family came to know about the accident when Namrata’s brother Het called her. Het has stated in the FIR that the phone was picked up by a woman who informed him about the incident and asked him to reach SSG Hospital. Namrata was declared dead at the hospital.
Raopura police registered an offence and held Mital Patel. It came to light that Patel was returning home from work when the accident happened.